Sentence examples for painful lesson from inspiring English sources

And that was sometimes a painful lesson.

Many learnt a painful lesson in the last recession.

And all will have learned a useful, albeit painful lesson.

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

But he helped the Giants realize a painful lesson.

He isn't, which proves this classroom's most difficult, painful lesson.

But one suspects David Cameron has learned a painful lesson.

The final round of the 2011 Masters was a painful lesson.

Look, are the leeches to teach a painful lesson or to help the patient get better?

His Jets tenure provided a painful lesson in what happened when he deviated.

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