Sentence examples for learnt a painful from inspiring English sources

"He learnt a painful lesson," smiled one senior British diplomat.

If current estimates hold, the elusive Egyptian centre will have learnt a painful lesson if it doesn't take to the streets in protest instead.

Many learnt a painful lesson in the last recession.

But one suspects David Cameron has learned a painful lesson.

MEANWHILE, professional investors are learning a painful lesson of their own.

Their rigorous methods helped them earn 1m yuan in six months, but they learned a painful lesson about intellectual property.

But the director's concentration on an incompletely realized portrait of one man learning a painful lesson is misguided.

Six games into the season, the Red Storm had learned a painful lesson: Hatten had to perform, or else.

I've learned a painful truth about men and makeup: the best-case scenario is also the worst.

I learned a painful 10 bob (yes, it was that long ago) lesson from these operators on Charing Cross Road.

Mr Messier might then learn a painful history lesson: it is one thing to build an empire, quite another to make it endure.