pain
noun
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
has pained
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present perfectof pain (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“I have to confess, this has pained me deeply. It has damaged me,” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
For some honest brokers, this decision may well heal a cultural wound that has pained them for decades.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022
The controversy has pained many faculty and supportive community members associated with the prominent Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, of which the program is a part.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
“It has pained me to hear that there are pockets of our company where behaviors inconsistent with our values have prevented some employees from feeling respected and doing their best work,” he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2018
What you have suffered has pained me seriously; but the pain has given way to pleasure, for out of the fire you have come up pure and strong, Fanny!
From The Good Time Coming by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
