Sentence examples for giving pained from inspiring English sources
An unfailingly elegant lord of legato, Hvorostovsky here showed more bite and edge than usual, giving pained strength to his high G at the end of "Il balen".
The sheer cost of bandwidth is bad enough – but internet service providers give you pained smiles and say you'll have to pay extra, or that high-speed video just isn't going to reach their customers.
We anticipate with relish the pain and embarrassment these two will cause each other: one a crass egotist, the other reticent and given to pained self-examination.
The moderator gives a pained response: "It is not political correctness; the issue is words that can be used in an offensive context and we should not forget the RSPB website has a massive viewing from children.
It seems at least likely that Monroe would have given a more pained performance and gotten at the depth of the character's vulnerability more effectively than Hepburn.
The elderly nurses turned cordial, and even Matron gave me a pained smile.
I said something in Arabic to a man in the gym the other day, and he gave me a pained smile.
Seabury said the island's residents did not appear to be unduly worried about the crisis: "They shrug their shoulders, smile and give a resigned, pained look".
He gave me another pained smile.
"Same thing tomorrow, Cassandro?" Cassandro gave a pained, distracted nod.
