How to Use pained in a Sentence

pained

adjective

• He truly looked pained when he heard the news.
• She wore a pained expression on her face.
• Graden, 21, filmed as the pair walked the city, slowed by Alonzo’s pained steps.
  — Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• Matthew Stafford shrugged, grabbed the burden by its pained neck, and flung it.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2022
• His strained, pained smile at the end of every stage set is the dead giveaway.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 7 Jan. 2019
• Mr. Bush wore the pained look of a man who has fielded the question before.
  — Michael Barbaro and Ashley Parker, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2016
• All of these questions are asked with a pained look of concern.
  — Ray Cocks, Longreads, 29 May 2017
• Paired with the pained siren-like figure played by Ellis on synth, the effect was eerie.
  — John Defore, Billboard, 30 May 2017
• The outcry on social media this week has been loud and pained.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• Asked if that seemed like a fitting end for Angel City, Nielsen forced a pained smile.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• In such cases, a pained smile and a glance at your watch is sufficient.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2017
• In the weeks after Matthew’s death, it pained Remke too much to look at all of his clothing in their bedroom.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• A lot of that mood is reflected in Greer’s pained openness.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• Police sergeants told Speakman to command the dog to release Rose, whose pained howls can be heard on the video.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• Her face in her new kitchen, pained and distant, looking at the vacant space for a table.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 June 2021
• When Benjamin’s drop ended the offense’s first try, a pained Rivers took a knee on the sideline where a medic checked on him.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
• In some places, the carcasses rot in the open and the pained cries of sick animals are resound in villages.
  — Aniruddha Ghosal, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
• The song is a waltz, heavy on strings and keyboard, with Flores almost screaming the refrain in his pained twang.
  — Josh Crutchmer, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
• Cohn, who is Jewish, stood at Trump’s side, a pained expression on his face.
  — William D. Cohan, The Hive, 13 Oct. 2017
• Iron Man’s visage is pained on just about every empty wall space from Queens to Venice.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 2 July 2019
• The bull market, in its ninth year, has left many investors wary of buying at the top but pained at the thought of moving into cash.
  — Bloomberg.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• The victim’s pained moans can be heard in the background as the dispatcher instructs the caller to cover the wound with a clean cloth or T-shirt.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• A hobbled, pained Markieff Morris might not do the Wizards much good.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 30 Apr. 2017
• Turbulence is on the horizon, though, as the Moon faces off with pained Chiron.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
• At this point in the story, Stoll becomes silent and his face twists into a pained expression.
  — Andy Greenberg, Wired, 18 Dec. 2019
• So, the moms try to apply cabbage compresses on pained breasts and attempt to use their pumps while the baby is asleep.
  — Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 1 Mar. 2021
• Yet his sentence brought no catharsis, least of all to Judge Cox, who at times seemed pained while imposing it.
  — Roger Parloff, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2018
• Sitting next to his wife, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck slumped back in his courtside seat with a pained look on his face.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Simone bestows a real kindness here; all Winston can do is walk off with a pained look in his eyes.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
• Stewart’s audience went quiet and gave some pained moans.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024