Sentence examples similar to painfully restrictive from inspiring English sources

On Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo set in motion what is apparently going to be a painfully slow process of catching the Empire State up with rest of this weed-loving country, signing into law an incredibly restrictive medical marijuana program that will ban patients from actually smoking the herb.

It felt painfully appropriate.

Painfully honest.

Painfully so.

Painfully overpriced.

Restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Progress is painfully slow.

It's so restrictive!

He was painfully shy".

Or painfully obvious ones.

Both are painfully costly.