Use "painful" in a sentence

1. Those memories of the day he learned she had been an electric ghost were still painful for both of them

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2. What was that slut up to? And wasn't he saying he kept up with what Venna was doing since she left him? He seemed to be a lot more interested in Venna than he was in Ava, and that was a painful thought

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3. One second it was thundering along chasing the sunset in the deepening darkness, the next it was accelerating at thirty-six feet per second per second from under her, its legs spread in all directions and at angles that looked pretty painful

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4. The daze you get when the news you've heard is just too unreal, too painful and too final to be true

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5. A little at a time he had revealed to her the painful memories

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6. face an insoluble or painful problem, the Lord will be there ahead of

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7. They were painful, but worth it

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8. It was a gentle thump against the hull, not painful at all

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9. Of course it is painful too

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10. His right hip and knee were more painful than usual

11. him forward into the painful glare of the candles floating on their ledges

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12. He decided not to drop to his virtual death, undoubtedly painful, right away

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13. but it would be painful for you giving him up for adoption

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14. ‘Not as painful as living with the reminder

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15. Moving her head was getting more and more painful … probably just tired

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16. A nose rudder began to bite a little soft sand and they began to come around much more quickly, accompanied by painful groans from the coupling knuckles that joined the raft sections together

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17. The guard grabbed hold of MacKenzie’s frail arm, visibly bruising him as he hauled him forward into the painful glare of the candles floating on their ledges

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18. written in his lined face and the painful gait of angered joints,

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19. Even he could understand how this would be painful to a woman, being second best

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20. On the other hand, if I sit in studying every evening, this could be considered painful while I’m doing it, however in the long term I will have gained skills and knowledge and I could possibly go on and gain better employment

21. You should have said something, they must have been painful, Lintze

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22. Nothing is more painful than a muscle spasm

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23. Sefir is a wonderfully smooth ride compared with the other equines I have ridden, but I am gradually finding the movement more and more painful

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24. He must not have, no doubt that had been a painful time for him

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25. He had many dreams, some of them painful, others hopeful; and the redheaded woman was there, coming his way

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26. Having said all of this, please understand that this is a very sad and painful experience, as you probably do not need me to tell you

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27. This new technology has replaced the painful rejections and the

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28. If you still think the traditional way is better, then go for it! When the pains of trail and error begin to pile up, reconsider using the online dating software, and help you avoid those painful

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29. "I know," Thom said, "It's painful for me to even say it but I'm just repeating what she said

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30. Does this sound like fantasy? Consider the fact that millions of people across America, the land of plenty, live unbelievably painful and horrible lives

31. finished the painful task of counting the coins

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32. of painful or troublesome emotions, which involves one or more

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33. Most of us are so used to running away from painful emotions that the thought of embracing

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34. Tarak was taken aback by the admission of the old man; it was obviously still a painful subject for him

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35. will meet the ground with a painful thud, yet we could

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36. which previously had been very painful to the touch

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37. What he heard was harsh and painful

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38. Oh her wrists were a little chafed from the rope, the first day, but it wasn’t very painful

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39. “They say that when someone is hit like this that walking and standing is difficult and most painful the next few days

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40. He turned to her, holding her arm in a painful grip

41. The slight movement was painful in several

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42. The needle wasn’t as painful as I expected

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43. ” Jorma had to face the painful arguments, even one in public at Heinrarg’s tap, about losing her by trying too hard to act like a parent

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44. Had there been any passersby, they would have observed only a beautifully choreographed dance by two elegant women which protected them from painful death at the hands of a master

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45. “I can see how that would be pretty painful

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46. seconds from his death, a painful death at that, screaming for his life

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47. a painful maneuver that I’m sure Ed Pentoch could relate to

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48. It was a painful

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49. memory – the most painful a mother could possess

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50. both sides, and grabbing his painful crotch and the still-open wound in his side

51. would say—when you factor in the cost of drinks, tips, a movie, and all the painful

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52. despite the painful stitches

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53. fourteen years ago – were still painful to recall

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54. more painful than the actual bullet hitting me

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55. ahead because of the painful wound in my side, but let’s face it, Heather could run

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56. It is painful to have to say these things

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57. "Painful, is it? Yes, the Chinese workers used to do some wailing towards the end

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58. "I find that hard to believe," and painful, the scrounge he tried to save was female, a wasted, scrawny, scabby, blond cackler

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59. In one of them was something like a tiny crossbow without the bow but with a painful looking little dart on it

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60. be painful to leave them

61. When she finally ventured out and started to walk again, every step was agony as the blisters on her feet burst and bled and the lack of liquids ensured that her joints and muscles were stiff and painful due to the surfeit of lactic acid that her dehydrated body could no longer drain away

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62. Though even that ancient weapon had its limits, for now it was ripe with darkness, growing painful for Solo Ki to bear

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63. that – painful though this might be – it was far better that

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64. How could one so caring have lasted so long against the Plague? The light of his halo was so pure it was almost painful to behold

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65. Somehow, his reconstruction was more painful than his rending

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66. He had no way of knowing this was a very painful

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67. thought the same the last time too? Boy! That had been a painful

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68. these binges too painful on the ear and have done any share of

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69. Yes -- as she’d suspected, their twisted shape spoke of painful rheumatism

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70. Our senses heightened to an almost painful intensity until I touched her again

71. It was painful, but not nearly as much as what she was enduring

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72. “A truck, it must have been a painful sight!” said A

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73. “You…you really knew him…” She felt the painful twinge suddenly beset her eyes, and she cleared her throat in an effort to stave it off

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74. His once blissful union based on the young couple’s high expectations of everlasting love had degenerated into an impersonal routine of convenience since it was easier for him and his wife to continue on their downward trajectory rather than go through a traumatic and painful process of separation

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75. The name, Roscius Avienus, seemed intriguingly familiar to the Breton, and her black brows furrowed in deep and almost painful thought

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76. John also tells us that painful sores

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77. Therefore, how can anyone "rest day or night" when they have painful such sores

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78. A very painful experience; or so they were told

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79. The consequence of her escape would be very painful

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80. Knowing how it brimmed within her and wanted to spill over was painful for them

81. What binds us is what blinds some unconscious painful attachments

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82. One should be watchful of the mind’s tendency to pay more attention to negative and painful thoughts than to the positive

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83. The mind also has a self-centered bias and is drawn to personal fears and unsatisfied desires, which usually involve negative and painful thoughts

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84. It would no doubt be a painful process, trying to make sense of the whimsical

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85. ” [123] Certain kinds of thoughts and desires are painful and bind us, while others do not

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86. We never screamed for mercy while betraying the country in the same painful breath

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87. Although these are all painful in themselves, that pain is not dukkha

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88. And sad fondness, the painful hollowness of loss, stirred within him

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89. " She paused at that, drifting back into painful memory

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90. Within the haze of the painful memory, my decision was made

91. Jerald wasn’t the only one that turned away from me, but his betrayal had been the most painful

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92. Even if one is able to overcome the initial trauma of an early death, the painful loss usually lurks in the shallow depths of one’s memory

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93. Some painful decisions had been made before the trunk was sealed

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94. He had taken his second tranquilliser pill in eight hours, and now – twenty minutes later – his fear of a slow and painful death had receded away to a safely ignorable distance

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95. It rapidly brightened until it was almost painful to look at

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96. Whereas to maintain, even in tolerable execution, the complex regulations of any modern militia, requires the continual and painful attention of government, without which they are constantly falling into total neglect and disuse

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97. It was painful to see her this way

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98. "That was painful," she said, her eyes downcast

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