The phrase "a painful record" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a record or account that evokes feelings of pain or distress, often in a personal or emotional context.
Example: "The documentary presented a painful record of the events that led to the tragedy, leaving many viewers in tears."
Alternatives: "a distressing account" or "a heart-wrenching narrative."
You know, it used to be a very painful record for me to listen to.
We all know who holds the lead in this series, but look for NYCFC to fight to the final whistle in an attempt to overturn their immensely painful record in this matchup.
A HUGE lump of ice and snow that broke off the western shoulder of Mount Everest shattered into lethal pieces and buried 16 Nepalis on April 18th, creating a painful new record: the highest death toll from a single incident on the world's highest mountain.
But that's six times in 31 days — not really an awful record, as painful as it must have been for the victims.
Of the 32 participants initially enrolled, two patients and two healthy subjects who found the pain intolerable withdrew before the painful recording session ended and their data were excluded from the analysis.
Cardinal Mahony, two years into retirement, was unceremoniously relieved of all public duties last month by Archbishop José Gomez, who described "brutal and painful" records of "evil" deeds during the Mahony years.
No one faults them for choosing the former, but it was a painful outcome for record companies, as it left them with a small fraction of their prior revenue.
It was at times a painful, funny, heart-lurching record that, as it drew to a close, seemed to promise sweeter times to come.
His papers contain the record of a painful episode in his pre-Supreme Court judicial career, when he yielded to collegial pressure and withdrew remarks indicating his personal opposition to the death penalty.
In a recent study published in Cell Reports, researchers at King's College London think they might have found an answer, or at least the beginning of one: Some of the long-term changes that occur with a painful insult appear to be recorded at the molecular level and preserved in some immune-cell genes.
