Sentence examples for was rather painful from inspiring English sources

It would get stuck at the first joint, and popping it back out was rather painful.

This correspondent described them as "callow and out of place" and it was rather painful to watch.

"The last 50 meters were rather painful," Hall said.

Which, as some managers are soon to find out, could be rather painful.

And it can be rather painful so the endorphins should be out in droves.The researchers got 12 members of Oxford's heavyweight squad to row on machines in four 45-minute sessions over two weeks.

Now any first-hand testimony about Quick is rather painful.

It is rather painful to some of us to think that part of this surplus was amassed on the hardship endured by children.

But they can be rather painful, especially if the canker sore resides in an area that will constantly be touched by food.

[Unfortunately,] we are living in a day and age in which almost nobody takes personal responsibility for their actions and behavior.... Self-awareness can be rather painful because it forces us to recognize our mistakes and imperfections.

Mean expected embarrassment and burden scores of the bowel preparation were similar for the two groups; the expected pain of the bowel preparation was rated higher in the telephone group: 20% in the telephone group expected it to be rather painful vs 16% in the face-to-face group; overall mean scores were 2.1 vs 2.0 (P=0.03).

This method can be rather painful.