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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a hurting" is not standard in written English and may be considered incorrect.
It could be used informally to describe a state of pain or emotional distress, but it is not commonly accepted in formal writing.
Example: "After the breakup, I felt a hurting that I couldn't shake off for weeks."
Alternatives: "a pain" or "an ache".
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"It's a hurting thing".
I increased the pain of a hurting community," he wrote.
Yet even a hurting Hamilton can make a difference.
We can put a hurting on some papadum.
He now had a hurting soul and an injured toe.
When he launches an attack, it's a hurting kind.
"It's a hurting feeling when you build stuff up and it falls down," he said.
"Whether we knew it or not, we were generating a hurting stalemate".
He says that antidepressants and psychologists can only do so much for a hurting soul.
To talk to veterans of the Cooper-Hewitt, the museum is a hurting place right now.
I don't cross into human suffering, making fun of a hurting person".
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