Sentence examples for a pained reflection from inspiring English sources

Such a pained reflection has been given rise to by a thorough if at intervals dozy reading of "The Complete Novels" by the above-named, as published by Everyman's Library in its fine format, not less than eight hundred pages (counting the front matter) of wee Bembo type bound in glorious red covers with a sewn-in bookmark of golden fabric ($25).

His face assumed a pained expression.

He wore a pained expression.

Johnson looks up with a pained expression.

Little wonder Tony Pulis is wearing such a pained expression".

There was no reply but a pained expression.

The crucial word is slightly – not a pained expression as if reading fine print.

The television camera fixed on him, alone in left field, a pained expression on his face.

On his face, he wears a pained expression.

Suddenly, a pained expression took shape.

Though the show's writers try to achieve catharsis through laughter, they forget that catharsis only comes after a process of pained reflection; the growing proportion of viewers who watch "The Daily Show" at the expense of other news sources may be skipping a step.