How to use "painful" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "painful" in popular movie and book plots

  • The problem of concealing his circumcision continues, and Solek uses string and rubber bands in various painful ways to simulate a foreskin.  - Europa Europa
  • Her painful pregnancy with him marks the beginning of the misery and suffering that this child brings to the whole family.  - The Fifth Child
  • A deep, painful physical scar results, fueling the spiritual rage that Jacques will always feels towards the whites and army posts.  - Centennial (miniseries)
  • All the same, for Paul even an imagined affair of his boyfriend with a woman is as painful as he had hoped and warrants a breakup.  - The City and the Pillar
  • Sal's girlfriend Laura realises this is a painful moment for Sal and prompts him for a response as the party drives off without Dean.  - On the Road
  • Billy rigged up the Shangri-La sound system to amplify the scream of the Chimeron child Princess a sound which is painful to Bannermen.  - Delta and the Bannermen
  • Helen's ministrations are in vain, and Huntingdon's death is painful since he is fraught with terror at what awaits him.  - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  • Suffering from a painful toothache and becoming increasingly socially detached, he behaves more and more unpredictably.  - Affliction (film)
  • Tom has a fateful meeting with his mother and stepfather, bringing up painful memories.  - The Prince of Tides
  • Bowling remembers the slow and painful decline of his father's seed business—resulting from the nearby establishment of corporate competition.  - Coming Up for Air
  • This is painful news to Reri and the young man Matahi, who love each other.  - Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
  • After a long and painful birth, their son is stillborn.  - A Farewell to Arms
  • The other kids are ejected from the factory in comical, mysterious and painful fashions.  - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Caravaggio bears physical and psychological scars from his painful war experience for which he seeks vengeance.  - The English Patient
  • Following an African tradition, Tashi undergoes the painful rituals of female circumcision and facial scarring.  - The Color Purple
  • Those who are called are given a blue ribbon and sentenced to a painful death.  - Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

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