How to Use pain in a Sentence

pain

1 of 2 noun
  • It is a story about the joys and pains of life.
  • This orange is a pain to peel.
  • Rush hour traffic is such a pain.
  • I feel a dull pain if I touch the bruise.
  • I've had chronic back pain since the accident.
  • The medicine provides 12 hours of pain relief.
  • The medication may upset your stomach but if you experience acute abdominal pain call your doctor.
  • That's not where the pain ends.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This led them to hide their pain.
    — Elana Feldman, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The high is worth the pain for him.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The pain will not be short-lived.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • But pain is there, have no doubt.
    — NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
  • That has led to some short-term pain.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • And, like, there was no pain like it.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But rest didn’t make the pain go away.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Stop if ice or heat makes your pain worse.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Her pain and her grief can’t be hers alone.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Pogacar seems to take pride in his sport’s pain.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026
  • Metahumans are a pain in the ass.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Is this app a royal pain in the neck?
    — Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Do not ignore the pain and swelling.
    — Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Bronze just needed to numb the pain.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • No pain in this world is like losing a child.
    — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That doesn't mean the pain is not coming.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And that pain could stretch beyond this year.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There was such a sense of sharing in our pain.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Depth and pain are also telling.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 May 2026
  • There’s pleasure in the pain of it.
    — Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Hydrocodone is used to treat pain.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 12 May 2026
  • The actress's post shows the pain may linger.
    — Lynda Lin Grigsby, Parents, 7 Nov. 2025

pain

2 of 2 verb
  • As much as it pains me to admit it, she was right.
  • Not pain good enough to go and end her life.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But as a catcher, he’s used to pain.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
  • So they're used to pain, they're used to fighting through it.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • But regret pains them like a knot in their shoulders.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • This led to surgery, which then led to an addiction to pain killers.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2020
  • No need to push to pain to get the benefits of these movements.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Adelman was pained by his Kings exit.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • But many in the crowd were also locals, and their presence pained me.
    — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • McNally is still pained by her death.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Bias’ death continues to pain the people who lived through it.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Quinn said people pulling away from he church pained him and other church leaders.
    — Marcos Bretón, sacbee, 1 Apr. 2018
  • The dialogue, much of it pained and pointed, sticks too.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Missing Barcelona pained Vowles and Williams as a whole.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But that high spirit didn’t last long, and joy reverted to pain and sorrow.
    — Joseph Samuels, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • But should moms really have to cry their way through nursing, or can pain be avoided?
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2017
  • But with that gut reaction, Bonds exposed the nerve that pains him the most.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • San Diego’s prior home match showed league’s depth, paining Wave.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • As someone who appreciates when things can be tied in a neat and tidy bow, this pains me a bit.
    — Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 14 Feb. 2020
  • What’s incontestable is that you’ve been greatly pained by what happened.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • There’s always scar tissue, always pain.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Having kids of my own, there’s nothing that would pain me more than to see kids having to go without food.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2020
  • What role should nations play in determining when death is preferable to pain?
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In general, neck pain refers to pain anywhere from the area at the base of the skull into the shoulders.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Wenger also revealed how much each defeat pains him, calling every loss a 'scar'.
    — SI.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Still, the thought of yet another migration clearly pains her.
    — Kirk Semple, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2017
  • When the body feels stress, your heart rate and blood pressure jump, stress chemicals rise, and the brain may turn pain down for a moment.
    — Dayanne S. Antonio, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Frost also is reacting to pain as nurses and doctors work on her, Klinger said.
    — Karen Kucher, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • After all, there's nothing like a good candy bar or pain au chocolat to comfort us in times of trouble.
    — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2018
  • That lost opportunity to say goodbye to teammates is what pains many.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2020

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