pain
noun
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
were 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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Akaky Akakiyevich had felt for some time that his back and shoulders were paining with peculiar poignancy, in spite of the fact that he tried to traverse the distance with all possible speed.
From Best Russian Short Stories by Thomas Seltzer
Daniel Webster had a very large brain, and used to loan his hat to brother Senators now and then when their heads were paining them, provided he did not want it himself.
From Comic History of the United States by F. Opper
"Then I wish you and your headmen had killed them before we met those buffalo, Umbezi," I groaned, for my ribs were paining me very much.
From Child of Storm by Henry Rider Haggard
What if he were suffering, if his back and side were paining him again?
From Anything Once by Isabel Ostrander
"Got to do it!" he thought dully, for now his ears were paining, and he began to feel as if his nose were about to bleed.
From The Pirate Shark by Fred J. Arting
