Sentence examples for pained reflection from inspiring English sources

Such a pained reflection has been given rise to by a thorough if at intervals dozy reading of "The Complete Novels" by the above-named, as published by Everyman's Library in its fine format, not less than eight hundred pages (counting the front matter) of wee Bembo type bound in glorious red covers with a sewn-in bookmark of golden fabric ($25).

Though the show's writers try to achieve catharsis through laughter, they forget that catharsis only comes after a process of pained reflection; the growing proportion of viewers who watch "The Daily Show" at the expense of other news sources may be skipping a step.

David Cameron was the first serving prime minister to voice regret about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, although Queen Elizabeth made a similar appearance in 1997 that at the time caused an outpouring of pained reflections about India's colonial history under Britain.

I'll never forget her pained expression.

And "Caçador de Mim," a ballad of pained self-reflection, suffered from an acute case of synthesizer bloat.

Her third, "Reflections in a Mud Puddle/Taps Tremors and Time Steps" (1971), included a pained report of and reflection on her father's death, and drew praise from the New York Times music critic Don Heckman.

And it's true that my own prejudice is to think that the moral arraignment of our great authors is a reflection of the pained inferiority we feel in front of them.

He wore a pained expression.

His face assumed a pained expression.

Johnson looks up with a pained expression.

Suddenly, a pained expression took shape.