in pain

idiom

: feeling pain
It was obvious that she was in pain.

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The following morning, Crain cried in pain to her family, and by 9 a.m. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 Her daughter was breathing heavily, hunched over in pain, pale in the face. Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024 There was no significant difference in pain in women who took the silicon supplement compared to the placebo. Merve Ceylan, Health, 2 Nov. 2024 Every once in a while, Welch performs a single stretch on an athlete in pain, and that person experiences relief. Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in pain 

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“In pain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20pain. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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