painfully

Example Sentences

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The struggles around borders and ownership of land are as painfully felt in many parts of the world today.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

They climbed to a 40-year peak of 9.1% — still painfully high, but a few percentage points less.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

She also realized something heretical: She was painfully bored playing with her kids on the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

It frightens me how painfully ironic it feels to cover a film about my industry’s demise when it was “The Devil Wears Prada” that pointed me here in the first place.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

I clean it thoroughly, and painfully, with alcohol swabs, careful not to touch anything that might infect me, then redress the wound.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman