pain
noun
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
was paining
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past progressiveof pain.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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His bursitis was paining him, and he was terribly tired.
From Time Magazine Archive
She put her hand on her throat and scrunched up her face like something was paining her.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
It was Frank’s bad leg that woke him; it was paining him worse than ever in his old age.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
His injured foot was paining him more than he had expected.
From The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
His arm was paining him a great deal, but he gave no sign of it.
From Mavericks by William MacLeod Raine
