pain
noun
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
are paining
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present progressiveof pain.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This must not be,—I am sure you would not willingly give me pain, Marchese, and you are paining me.
From A Siren by Thomas Adolphus Trollope
You are paining Captain Wybrow extremely by your want of self-control.'
From Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot
Miss D'Alloi, I know you do not mean it," said Peter, "but you are paining me greatly.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
And 61 says his tubes are paining him.
From My Friend The Murderer by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Rotha, you are paining me," said Mrs. Carpenter, the tears springing to her eyes.
From A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
