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View definitions for pains

pains

noun as in labor

noun as in toil

noun as in travail

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Example Sentences

He asks for help in taking off his boots and wishes that Didi would extend him some sympathy for his physical pains.

Both schools have had their share of growing pains at the position this year.

As Webb has been at pains to point out, referees are human – but they must also be impartial and professional.

From BBC

Days after her second injection she began experiencing severe stomach pains and sickness, so she went to A&E at Monklands - where her colleagues battled to save her life.

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The family navigates racism and growing pains without getting too heavy handed about it; farcical “interrogations” by immigration authorities including Pete Holmes provide additional comic relief.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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