Sentence examples for painful reflections from inspiring English sources

If his tone suggests trace elements of entitlement, they're tempered by his painful reflections about his beloved late wife, Bella, from whom he was inseparable, whether in New York City, at the house in Connecticut, or at the apartment in Paris.

The prevailing view among policymakers is that unemployment is a painful reflection of the economy's weakness.

Many of us do not see ourselves in the works on display and when we do, it is often a painful reflection.

Now, with 100 games remaining in 2008, the Mets (30-32) theil the Phillies by an almost identical margin, a painful reflection of last September's nightmare.

Mr. Davis's absence elicited moments of painful reflection, according to those close to him, including Kay McGlashan, the administrative director of Stop the Violence.

Today, with years of painful reflection behind him, Thornton has coined a phrase, "chaotic creativity", for the maelstrom of emotions that swirls beneath the typical family business balance sheet.

This episode provoked painful reflection among French policymakers, particularly Alain Juppe, who was foreign minister at the time.

After his political contribution to the peace process on Tuesday, Wednesday for Charles will be a time for personal, possibly painful, reflection.

I cannot think of a more painful reflection of reality than that.

The past year has been a profoundly paradoxical one, mixed with ample doses of both progression and painful reflection for the Black Male Achievement field.

The similarities with Bouton's book, he said, will come with the honest, sometimes painful self-reflection, and the inevitable disapproval of some readers.