Pains
[penz]
Definition
(n.) Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Used in the singular number by the best writers.] Labor, care, trouble, toilsome effort.
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Examples
- He took pains to prove that he only just tolerated me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Jarndyce took great pains to talk with him seriously and to put it to his good sense not to deceive himself in so important a matter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We have been at some pains in this history to make plain the development of these differences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The jealousy of the artist to maintain that reputation, which his ingenuity has justly acquired, has urged him to unnecessary pains on this subject. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- If it were even to take pains to prevent their importation, it would not be able to effectuate it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- H istor y of Bodily Pains, as species of Touch. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains! Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We should go mad had we to endure the hundredth part of those daily pains which are meekly borne by many women. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The woman was holding her wrist and timing the pains with a watch. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I've been having some pains, darling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It would be wisdom to abandon it now, after all the time, anxiety, and pains I have bestowed upon it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Another of the popular fictions of Coketown, which some pains had been taken to disseminate—and which some people really believed. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Legree could not help overhearing this whispering; and it was all the more exciting to him, from the pains that were taken to conceal it from him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He took no pains to conceal his calculations and tactics. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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