How to Use pain point in a Sentence

pain point

noun
  • Known as retrofitting, the process is a pain point for airlines that requires taking aircraft out of active service for days at a time in order to upgrade or replace a satellite communications system.
    Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The import process has long been one of the pain points of Lightroom.
    PCMAG, 31 May 2024
  • For home users, the big pain point is a toilet that’s been left open.
    Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
  • The tech team has more knowledge of customers’ pain points and how to solve them.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • And the financial pain points will multiply the longer the strikes go on.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
  • How did that develop, and what brings you joy—and what are the pain points—in your garden?
    Stephen Orr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Red Right 88 and the Drive — Andersen bore witness to those pain points, too.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • For all its positives, the Cybex Gazelle S stroller has a few pain points.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • Here are Christina and Noah’s biggest pain points and how Sethi addresses them.
    Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2024
  • This is followed closely by the feel: nicely fitted and super comfy with no pain points straight out of the box.
    Samson McDougall, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Traveling with kids comes with an array of pain points for parents.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Only by recognizing the most acute pain points can the city move earnestly to do something about them.
    Jennifer Jones Austin, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Schools have become a major pain point for the thousands that moved to Miami in recent years.
    Patrick Clark, Fortune, 9 May 2024
  • When the controllership team reflected on the pain points of their employees and stepped back to listen, the journey took a turn for the better.
    Joe Atkinson, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Tax time can be a pain point for many of us, especially small business owners.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 Apr. 2024
  • For the press, the intervention was a success, but there is still one seeming pain point that Mehta's order did not address.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Kawasaki Green hydrogen could well relieve many of the pain points for the intrepid distance rider of the near future.
    New Atlas, 23 July 2024
  • Anyone who’s braved a summer in New York City knows one of the biggest pain points is the level of humidity one must endure.
    Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 16 July 2024
  • Tough choices for patients The high cost of drugs in general has long been one of Americans’ biggest health care pain points.
    Tami Luhby, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But this summer's biggest pain points – crowds, delays and high prices – will require more than a good policy.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • Their team has been able to alleviate some of the most salient pain points of home swapping: logistics, cleanliness, and trust.
    Sarah Wood, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Since getting started, Savage has invested just shy of $1 million, the bulk of which has gone toward forms of AI that can ease pain points in the music business.
    Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But the app could also address a pain point that impacts many streaming subscribers: Live sports have become harder to follow.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Closure may not be able to come for every pain point, but simply talking about it and hearing what the other person has to say can make a world of difference.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • Maybe in the future, the chatbot will be able to visually interpret a student like me to gain more feedback about where the pain points lie, becoming a true teacher.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
  • Handhold the customer until your product meets their expectation and solves their pain point.
    Saravana Kumar, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Try to fully understand their pain points before starting to build anything.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But one pain point has gotten less attention: high interest rates.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
  • Filling up the tank became a major pain point for Americans last year, with prices reaching an average $5.01 a gallon in June.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • An obsession with the front line Founders have a remarkable ability to understand customers’ needs and pain points because these entrepreneurs have envisioned the company as a solution for those very problems.
    Nirav Tolia, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2024

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