How to Use pain in a Sentence

pain

1 of 2 noun
  • It is a story about the joys and pains of life.
  • This orange is a pain to peel.
  • Rush hour traffic is such a pain.
  • I feel a dull pain if I touch the bruise.
  • I've had chronic back pain since the accident.
  • The medicine provides 12 hours of pain relief.
  • The medication may upset your stomach but if you experience acute abdominal pain call your doctor.
  • Even with all the scars and with the pain, there’s also joy.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Soaking your feet can help bring calm and ease some of the pain.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Even the panelists with back and knee pain felt that these helped their joints.
    — Mike Richard, Women's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There's always two kinds of pains: one that hurts and one that changes you.
    — Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2023
  • You, who heard the wink and humor in 'Blank Space' and maybe even empathized with the pain behind the satire.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The symptom that had brought her there was a lightning bolt-like pain in her head.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The Hollywood strikes may be over, but in many ways the pain has just begun.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • From then on, writing has become a way to cope with pain.
    — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • But pain from the surgeries and her burns was unbearable.
    — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
  • Until that point, great pains had been taken to keep the secret.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • The word mop rarely appears without the word mess, but cleaning up that mess doesn't need to be a pain.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • However, the dean abuses the substance as a drug, rather than to treat pain.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Our tester found the mattress helped reduce back and neck pain after just a few nights.
    — Ellen McAlpine, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Some have dumped transit for driving The new picture is mixed, but the pain is real.
    — Michael Laris, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Those stories and rumors just add to the pain Toni’s family feels.
    — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 11 July 2023
  • During phone interviews since the fire, Gomez has shared the great pain of the disaster.
    — Lewis Abraham Leader, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Since the birth of our nation, Black love has been punctuated with pain.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 June 2023
  • Neto said his back had improved earlier in the week, but the pain has returned.
    — Annika Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Even if Hilary doesn’t inflict pain on the oil and gas industry, the risks of a storm that could cause problems have risen.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Swelling, pain or redness in the legs, especially one leg, is also a clue to watch for.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Autumn turned to winter and Rivera began learning how to live with the pain.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In patients with osteoarthritis, noni may also reduce pain and boost their mood.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Because love, in the end, makes space for pain too.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

pain

2 of 2 verb
  • As much as it pains me to admit it, she was right.
  • So they're used to pain, they're used to fighting through it.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • This led to surgery, which then led to an addiction to pain killers.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2020
  • No need to push to pain to get the benefits of these movements.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 9 Jan. 2023
  • But with that gut reaction, Bonds exposed the nerve that pains him the most.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • In general, neck pain refers to pain anywhere from the area at the base of the skull into the shoulders.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2019
  • But many in the crowd were also locals, and their presence pained me.
    — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • What pains me even more: a knee that’s still barking at me three months later.
    — latimes.com, 4 Jan. 2018
  • It’s been written that he was addicted to pain killers.
    — Greg Moore, azcentral, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The shortcomings and travails of both countries pain me.
    — Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Hence, varicose veins that can cause tingly pain down below.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 14 Aug. 2020
  • And though she was pained by the message on her building, Oates-Allen said has decided to own the statement.
    — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2020
  • So the butterflies have to endure [the] pain themselves in order to flourish.
    — Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 28 Apr. 2022
  • San Diego’s prior home match showed league’s depth, paining Wave.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • There is no one-size-fits-all approach to pain management.
    — Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Bias’ death continues to pain the people who lived through it.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Quinn said people pulling away from he church pained him and other church leaders.
    — Marcos Bretón, sacbee, 1 Apr. 2018
  • As someone who appreciates when things can be tied in a neat and tidy bow, this pains me a bit.
    — Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Having kids of my own, there’s nothing that would pain me more than to see kids having to go without food.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2020
  • But that high spirit didn’t last long, and joy reverted to pain and sorrow.
    — Joseph Samuels, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • Like Haiti, a nation of layered suffering, L’Asile is used to pain.
    — Anthony Faiola, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • But should moms really have to cry their way through nursing, or can pain be avoided?
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Frost also is reacting to pain as nurses and doctors work on her, Klinger said.
    — Karen Kucher, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • What’s incontestable is that you’ve been greatly pained by what happened.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Missing Barcelona pained Vowles and Williams as a whole.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • McNally is still pained by her death.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • His facial expressions are often pained or bemused.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • There’s always scar tissue, always pain.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • When the body feels stress, your heart rate and blood pressure jump, stress chemicals rise, and the brain may turn pain down for a moment.
    — Dayanne S. Antonio, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Aggrieved and pained, Mary returns from the grave to exact revenge on anyone who steps inside her family home.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025

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