Sentence examples for expression is pained from inspiring English sources

His expression is pained and uncertain.

[In Rembrandt's Joseph and Potiphar's Wife,] Joseph's expression is pained: you can see the wrinkles in his brow, the despair in his eyes and the pained set of his jaw as he pulls away from Potiphar's wife.

"They have been called 'stupid' and 'retards' their whole life, so who wants to say they are mentally retarded?" Interviewed in a holding cell on death row this week, Mr. Cruz's expression was pained as he answered questions about his lawyer's efforts to emphasize his mental retardation to spare him from execution.

The look on her face is pained.

I am pained by this.

Denise's smile was pained.

"We are pained to see the way Iraq is suffering.

I'm pained to note my Sunday hat.

People are pained by all kinds of things.

The Salvadoran players were pained by the humiliation.

Some workers admitted that they were pained by the volume.