Examples of painful in a Sentence
I got a painful sunburn.
We can't ignore our country's painful history of slavery.
His questions brought up a lot of painful memories.
It was painful to watch.
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Throughout her childhood, Dee Dee subjected her Gypsy-Rose to years of painful medical procedures that were not needed.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Whether a client hires a single architect to design a house or a team to work on a downtown plan with multiple community stakeholders, the architect-client relationship is rarely one of a painful struggle.
—Matt Shaw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Long nails can make walking painful or cause posture issues.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
More than annoying Other types of canker sores are more painful, turning eating into an act of self-torture.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Whether a client hires a single architect to design a house or a team to work on a downtown plan with multiple community stakeholders, the architect-client relationship is rarely one of a painful struggle.
—Matt Shaw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Long nails can make walking painful or cause posture issues.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
More than annoying Other types of canker sores are more painful, turning eating into an act of self-torture.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for painful
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“Painful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painful. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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