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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Weinstein then dropped his head into his hands with a pained expression.
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Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
Afterward, ascending the stairs, Lynch smiled with pride and happiness, only to turn and catch his father’s pained expression.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
His critique of the status quo was stinging and harsh, while a pained Joe Biden and Kamala Harris had to sit within feet of him and endure it.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Jan. 2025
Cop and robber party together, share their pained back stories and unoriginal jokes about French cuisine and evade a local police squad known as Pantera.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
Afterward, ascending the stairs, Lynch smiled with pride and happiness, only to turn and catch his father’s pained expression.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
His critique of the status quo was stinging and harsh, while a pained Joe Biden and Kamala Harris had to sit within feet of him and endure it.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Jan. 2025
Cop and robber party together, share their pained back stories and unoriginal jokes about French cuisine and evade a local police squad known as Pantera.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Pained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pained. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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