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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The camera may have then have panned to the pained parents sitting in the stands, hoping/praying that their kid’s error wasn’t a bad omen.
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Dan Freedman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Five strangers in the car: me; the driver, whose son went to elementary school with Hersh; a fan of Hersh’s beloved Hapoel Jerusalem soccer team; a young woman whose friend is Hersh’s cousin; and a man from the central city of Rehovot who felt too pained not to come.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
The specific role is considered a spoiler, though the performance contains ample opportunities for Goldstein to look pained while on the verge of tears.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Then there’s the pained diplomat and his unrelenting pursuit of a serial killer in the miniseries The Serpent.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
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Dan Freedman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Five strangers in the car: me; the driver, whose son went to elementary school with Hersh; a fan of Hersh’s beloved Hapoel Jerusalem soccer team; a young woman whose friend is Hersh’s cousin; and a man from the central city of Rehovot who felt too pained not to come.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
The specific role is considered a spoiler, though the performance contains ample opportunities for Goldstein to look pained while on the verge of tears.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Then there’s the pained diplomat and his unrelenting pursuit of a serial killer in the miniseries The Serpent.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Pained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pained. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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