Sentence examples for painful effect from inspiring English sources

"We are certain that this response will have a painful effect on Washington," deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Interfax news agency.

A significant drop in profits on Wall Street has a direct and possibly painful effect on the city and state budgets.

Guardian Money reader Nick Lightowlers says the new charges are "eye-watering" and will have "a direct and painful effect on the most vulnerable" customers.

Allegations keep coming (the latest is that Lula's elder brother engaged in influence-peddling), but more slowly and with less painful effect.

But over time, it would have a painful effect on the US economy, which is recovering but remains weak.

A loud screech on a chalkboard could be amplified within our ears to painful effect, the researchers propose.

Postoperative QoL subscales predicting survival seemed to be more related to the recovery from the immobilizing and painful effects of major surgery (social functioning, pain, and activity level).

Environmental deterioration is caused by human action and has painful effects on the human condition.

In America research was split off from investment banking in 2003, with painful effects.

I am beginning to wonder if his stoicism is the necessary defence against the more painful effects of self-scrutiny.

ONE of the painful effects of our struggling economy is that for many people, retirement has been delayed.