Sentence examples for avoid painful from inspiring English sources

In an attempt to manage their pain, participants tried to avoid painful movements, applied ointments and took medication.

Those who drank or used drugs to numb feelings or avoid painful memories may feel defenseless.

Others say they might use it to avoid painful cost-cutting.

In doing so, NTT can cut prices to squeeze out competitors or avoid painful restructuring.

Baby showers are the worst place to be if you are trying to avoid painful reminders that your friend is pregnant and you are not.

The ability to feel positive emotions like love and happiness is diminished, and people with PTSD may drink or use drugs to avoid painful feelings and memories.

But for far too many people, the learning comes too late to help them avoid painful mistakes and decades of wasted time and effort.

Surprisingly few newly engaged couples seem to have these frank discussions, some of which can serve to avoid painful misunderstandings later on.

The deficit is expected to grow by billions more in the following fiscal year, with little prospect that revenues will rebound quickly enough to avoid painful cuts.

The same type of conditioning can also be applied to an action that allows the animal to escape from or avoid painful or noxious stimuli.

Diabetics could in future avoid painful pinprick blood glucose tests using a smart contact lens being developed at Google which measures glucose levels in tears.