Sentence examples for actual hurt from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "actual hurt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to genuine pain or injury, either physical or emotional, in a specific context.
Example: "The actual hurt from the breakup took longer to heal than I had anticipated."
Alternatives: "real pain" or "genuine injury".

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Don't they express well, if not actual hurt and longing, than at least a reasonable facsimile of hurt and longing?

The complaint is more a matter of professional obligation than actual hurt feelings, bringing to mind the clock that Fox News ran marking down the time that had lapsed since Barack Obama had done an interview with the network.

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And he referred only vaguely to "hurt" and "unintended consequences" -- not to the evidence of actual harm that the government has tried to unearth during its sentencing case.

By the way, no actual frogs were hurt in that jacket; several of my cousins worked as her wardrobe during her world tour.

Sarah Kendzior, a journalist with a specialty in authoritarian regimes, distilled the sentiments of many when she tweeted that the campaign was both ineffectual ("Violent conspiracy theorists won't be swayed") and unjust ("That money will be used by actual people to hurt other actual people").

For all the complaints, managed care does not seem to hurt actual health care outcomes, whether pertaining to life expectancy or recovery from disease, according to a series of papers by David Cutler, an economics professor at Harvard, and co-authors.

As with "Real Violence" — during the filming of which, despite its name, no actual human was hurt — I watched Begley's film shocked not so much at the brutality on view but at my own ability not to look away.

"Words about the vagina can either help or hurt actual vaginal response," she writes, reporting how "ill and weak" she felt after reading Henry Miller but how "the world glowed" after she read Anaïs Nin, even though "the same bougainvillea" was "waving over my head".

The actual duel may hurt someone.

If you've planted a trap, find a hideout nearby for the moment! have a real first aid kit in case some one actual does get hurt.

Hopefully Boyd gets some actual service, it hurts to watch him put in solid shift after shift with little to show for it, and it would be nice to see a midfield taking it to the Whitecap midfield, the one of the positions the Timbers should have an advantage.

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