He was a nice,pleasant young man. It was painful to see him stand there and give answers that were miracles of stupidity.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

If your friend does not seem to understand how painful your broken heart is, you may ask her to have a heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Earlier this year, Tomohiko Hagino in Japan wrote to ask for information about a painful disease -- fibromyalgia.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

The issues must be treated carefully, or they will be difficult and painful if an elected official has to deal with them.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

He was a nice, pleasant young man. It was painful to see him stand there and give answers that were miracles of stupidity.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

The stock market crash marked the beginning of the Great Depression -- a long,slow,painful fall to the worst economic crisis in American history.

VOA: special.2011.02.17

But it was painful to her family to see their deaf and blind child punished.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Currently, medicine for sleeping sickness requires a series of injections that are costly and painful.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Freud believed that all the painful memories of childhood lay buried in the unconscious self.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

So some people say reading it is too painful and insulting for black children.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

But the drug requires many painful injections several times a day for several weeks.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

But I only wanted to make his dismissal a little less painful for him.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

He died June nineteenth from kidney failure and a rare and painful skin disorder.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

But while broken bones can be painful, they are generally not life-threatening.

VOA: special.2009.02.04