Sentence examples for Pained from inspiring English sources

The word 'pained' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a feeling of physical or emotional discomfort or distress. It is often used to convey a sense of hurt or sadness. An example sentence would be: "She winced in pained as she walked on her sprained ankle."

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Pained

verb

Past of pain

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Brazil's crestfallen players have admitted they will be scarred for life by the record defeat to Germany, with the humiliation having left the squad perplexed and pained as they somehow attempt to rouse themselves for Saturday's third-place play-off in Brasília.

Last night, he was at a packed yes meeting in the estate's sports centre, and was impressed; today, he talks about moving from being undecided to voting for independence, and describes a pained pulling-away from deep aspects of his own identity, both politically and nationally.

Updated at 11.17am ET Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 11.04am ET16 04 Obama: 'people are completely fed up' The president is stern, taking his slightly pained, mildly dyspeptic tone: There's been a lot of discussion of the politics.

As a story of self-acceptance in stunted suburbia, Bad Neighbours has an improbable feminine companion piece in Stacie Passon's wryly pained and subtly erotic Concussion (Channel 4 DVD, 15).

The Salvadoran players were pained by the humiliation.

These days, I can only sit in it for short periods before I have to get up and walk around, each step accompanied by a pained exhalation.

Ms Weingarten hates being cast as the bad guy, as she was on a panel with Ms Rhee in September, a pained smile fixed on her face.

All exporters are grumbling, but miners, despite efforts to hedge against currency swings, seem especially pained.

With each new scene she betrays new losses of memory or confidence with the lightest of touches: a flash of recognition here, a pained awareness of deficiency there.

BL is pained at the thought that the ensuing loss of production will foul up its productivity scheme and possibly lead to more labour troubles of its own later.

British lager louts pained him, and over-enthusiastic building meant that the "leisure space" he had ordered between hotels was sometimes pocket-handkerchiefed in size.

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