How to Use hurtful in a Sentence

hurtful

adjective

• She can't forgive him for the hurtful things he said.
• Their comments were really hurtful to me.
• To have someone pull the rug out was just too hurtful and too much to move on from.
  — Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
• The words were hurtful and made my daughter cry, which woke up the mama bear in me.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
• Some of the things Kanye is accusing her of are hurtful.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 9 Feb. 2022
• At the time of the move-out, the student wrote me a very hurtful letter, telling me about how adults should act and how my children were spoiled.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 5 July 2023
• The endowed lecturer found this hurtful, but less and less so as time went on.
  — Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
• That makes the romance between Alexis and her ex all that more hurtful.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• Bono: Some people say that the lifeblood of U2 is concerts, not our albums — which is very hurtful.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• A lot of the things though are f---ing crazy and hilarious and also very hurtful.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• Some of the language from these leaders has been disturbing to them, and hurtful.
  — Renata Brito, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2022
• To call this slogan ‘hurtful’ is to be against the end of occupation.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
• Having that taken away from me at the last minute was pretty hurtful.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022
• Then there were the people who were trying to take away their pain, who had the kindest hearts, but who said things that were so hurtful.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
• Gaslighters often say this to get away with hurtful comments.
  — Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2022
• One news station even dug up things from my brother’s past that were hurtful.
  — James E. Causey, jsonline.com, 20 Apr. 2022
• The easiest way to stop hurtful thoughts is to have something better in mind.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
• Some are clear mess-ups, the short-fuse snaps or hurtful comments that even well-meaning parents make.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
• Dear Carolyn: My sister has said some hurtful things to me over the years and has yelled at me and my family in my own house.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
• Later in the episode, Seema tells Carrie how hurtful this flippant comment was to her.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2022
• Jenna Bush Hager loves her body today, but that doesn't mean she's been immune to hurtful comments in the past.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
• Perhaps the most hurtful moment came when Sisi gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Sophie.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2022
• Gerry was shunned on the street and—especially hurtful—in the sailing club.
  — Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
• The duo ended up apologizing for the hurtful remarks that were said in the past and decided to move on.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2022
• Not everything was hurtful; much of life was good during those times.
  — Lynn Dewoskin Covarrubias, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
• Sometimes, the message itself is not hurtful, but the way it is delivered can be.
  — Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Her lie is profound and hurtful; don’t tempt her to embellish further or to put her own spin on these long-ago events.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2022
• Should is even more hurtful when applied to a personal way of being.
  — Lisa D. Foster, Forbes, 18 May 2022
• The silver lining in this mess is that our staff is united in pushing back on this ridiculous and hurtful memo that was sent out.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2023
• But for a number of people in the community, the post was hurtful, Hodge Growden said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024