Examples of hurtful in a Sentence
She can't forgive him for the hurtful things he said.
Their comments were really hurtful to me.
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But things took a sharp turn when her boyfriend’s mother made a hurtful comment at the dinner table.
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Ashley Vega, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Ask them to forgive each other for any hurtful words or actions and to commit to reclaiming their sisterhood.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 July 2025
What kind of accountability could there be here for information that is posted that is inaccurate or simply hurtful?
—Elliot Williams, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
But the thing that’s even more [hurtful] is [Medwin] sort of introduced [John] to this coping mechanism to get over his own wife and children not being able to join him.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
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Ashley Vega, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Ask them to forgive each other for any hurtful words or actions and to commit to reclaiming their sisterhood.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 July 2025
What kind of accountability could there be here for information that is posted that is inaccurate or simply hurtful?
—Elliot Williams, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
But the thing that’s even more [hurtful] is [Medwin] sort of introduced [John] to this coping mechanism to get over his own wife and children not being able to join him.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
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“Hurtful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hurtful. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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