hurt
verb (used with object)
to cause bodily injury to; injure.
hurts
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present tense formof hurt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The situation that we wanted to sustain throughout the season was she’s not doing these things because she got shot, her stomach hurts and she’s mad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
To be sure, it’s not necessarily how high interest rates are that hurts stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
“You’re going to have excess production capacity, and that’s going to create much more competition between mills to drive down prices, and that hurts profits,” said Josh Spoores, an analyst for steel market forecaster CRU.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
"That hurts, it hurts a lot," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
It hurts to think for Alan, a kid like me, my inside self, doesn’t matter.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
