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My hands and face were paining me as if they had been terribly burned.

From The Master of Silence A Romance by Bacheller, Irving

"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 Haggard, Henry Rider

She soon complained that her hands were paining her, seeming to swell and get larger.

From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward

Here they exchanged footgear, as Buck now found his feet were paining him acutely, owing to the tightness of his rubber boots.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

"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 Arting, Fred J.