painful sight

Example Sentences

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"It is a painful sight to go through the centre of the city… you have a number of abandoned buildings, buildings that have been hijacked, that are not paying your rates and taxes."

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Scott remembers the fourth round from 10 years ago at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, a painful sight for anyone in possession of a heart.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

So having the home stadium as the backdrop for the big game could be a painful sight either on television or in person.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2018

It’s a painful sight, but sometimes seeing the ugly is preferable to burying our heads in the sand.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2016

Mrs. Starr and Dot had turned away that they might not witness the painful sight, for they loved the creature.

From The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux by Ellis, Edward Sylvester