pains
Example Sentences
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He took pains to make sure it was straight.
From Literature
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Fed officials didn’t always take pains to communicate with the markets and the public.
From MarketWatch
Random abdominal pains have afflicted me since college — the price of a stressful job, I always figured.
From Los Angeles Times
Campbell was diagnosed with haemochromatosis just before her 81st birthday, after her GP did a genetic test while investigating the cause of stomach pains.
From BBC
Overcoming what felt like constant production problems and growing pains, the company sold enough of the cars in the first quarter of 2013 to eke out a slim profit.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.