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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While that decline was painful for COST holders, the stock bottomed in mid-May, five months before the S & P 500 ultimately found its own low in October 2022.—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025 Like witnessing a bad car crash, Ye’s (formerly known as Kanye West) latest episodes of hate speech and misogyny have been painful to watch and continue to elicit shock and dismay from every corner of the entertainment world.—David Renzer, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025 For Senate Democrats, the GOP plan is painful to swallow.—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025 However, Danielle’s exit in The Traitors season 3 finale after being the last original Traitor standing may have been even more painful.—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for painful
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