in pain

idiom

: feeling pain
It was obvious that she was in pain.

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Boyd suffered the injury during special teams drills and was visibly in pain on the sideline. Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025 Reports Aranda collapsed in pain, holding his left wrist, before becoming the second Rays player to leave the game with an injury. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 Maybe the answer is becoming a burden to family members, dying in pain, or being forgotten. Angela Haupt, Time, 21 July 2025 One young man, clearly in pain, managed the final 3-mile stretch. Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for in pain

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“In pain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20pain. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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