1
: feeling pain : hurt
2
: expressing or involving pain
a pained expression
with pained surprise
Examples of pained in a Sentence
She wore a pained expression on her face.
He truly looked pained when he heard the news.
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Though Hunt Wynorski’s (Nick Zano) actual death happens off-screen, his pained panic at being trapped underwater by the suction pull of a public pool’s drain is an agonizing sequence, culminating in the gnarly visual of a blood-and-guts fountain.
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Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025
After Jaylen Brown looked visibly pained during the Celtics’ overtime win over the New York Knicks last week, Kristaps Porzingis publicly urged his superstar teammate to relax.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
Marin County, California—watery and remote—is the setting as Finney and Keaton hurtle from pained resentment to jealousy, lust, and violent anger.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Oldman’s face, set in brooding concentration, evokes a pained, vaguely incredulous mortification, which builds to a bitter, almost paralyzing ruefulness.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025
After Jaylen Brown looked visibly pained during the Celtics’ overtime win over the New York Knicks last week, Kristaps Porzingis publicly urged his superstar teammate to relax.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
Marin County, California—watery and remote—is the setting as Finney and Keaton hurtle from pained resentment to jealousy, lust, and violent anger.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Oldman’s face, set in brooding concentration, evokes a pained, vaguely incredulous mortification, which builds to a bitter, almost paralyzing ruefulness.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Pained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pained. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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