Painful

Examples

• There was an absence of all lady-like restraint in her language and manner most painful to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Excuse me if I allude to that which is painful to you, but I have no alternative. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• If his appearance even inspired us with hope, it only rendered the state of her mind more painful. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I only know he is a very foolish vain fellow, and put my dear little girl into a very painful and awkward position last night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Well, well, this is a painful subject. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was a painful, but not an improbable, conjecture. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Pin-pricks hurt more than cannon balls, and incessant worries are far more painful than great calamities. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He ought not to wonder that I object to speak to him on painful subjects. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Yes,' replied Job; 'but these sort of things are not so easily counterfeited, Mr. Weller, and it is a more painful process to get them up. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She must communicate the painful truth, however, and as soon as possible. Jane Austen. Emma.
• After a few moments of painful hesitation, I broke the silence. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• What I had to do, was, to turn the painful discipline of my younger days to account, by going to work with a resolute and steady heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Well, then: is it worth while to risk what may be infinitely disagreeable and painful? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Deceived myself, I did very miserably deceive youand it will be a painful reflection to me for ever. Jane Austen. Emma.
• This is a painful task,' said he, 'but these declarations, which have been signed in London before many gentlemen, must be in substance repeated here. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Birkin stood high in the painful air, looking at the peaks, and the way south. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• For I felt as if I could not bear the painful delight of his praise. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• To me, the remembrance of our last parting has been ever mournful and painful. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The nearness of this place to London was such, as to take away the idea of painful separation, when we quitted Raymond and Perdita. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But the effort was painful. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• At that instant, she felt that years of happiness could not make Jane or herself amends for moments of such painful confusion. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Left to myself, I strove with painful intensity to divine the motive of his request and foresee the events of the coming day. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Ah, thereby hangs a rather painful tale. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Really, sir, I think she might, said Mrs. Blinder, getting her heavy breath by painful degrees. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Bumble was meditating; it might be that the insects brought to mind, some painful passage in his own past life. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Again, as he kissed me, painful thoughts darkened his aspect. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I have only a few lines more to write before I close this painful statement. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But that does not alter my opinion that you ought to try every other means rather than take a step which is so painful to me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Adrian had been occupied in fulfilling a laborious and painful task. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The painful disclosures which were to reveal themselves in my presence, during that Tuesday's visit to Montagu Square, were not at an end yet. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Checker: Nathan