pain
noun
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
have pained
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present perfectof pain.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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Well, maybe they should retain some suspicion: The Northeast and East Coast, sites of the hubs that have pained United so much, are expected to get even more storms lasting through Saturday.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2023
McQueen made light of that down the years but it must have pained him.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
The P45 is unlikely to have pained Andrew’s elder brother too much.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2019
He really is a very compassionate man, so that must have pained him personally.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 5, 2019
Once those words would have pained him, but he accepted his status now.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
