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

It has pained me very much, but I believe it can be cleared up.

From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.