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Example sentences for: hurts

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The virtues-as-vices argument hurts Clinton not only by cementing the Lewinsky episode as the defining moment of his presidency but also by obscuring the ways in which he succeeded at Wye by overcoming the vices he displayed in that episode.
Or will I finally tell the truth even if it hurts?
The C.W. is that McCain hurts Bradley's chances, because independents can go this way or that and Bradley needs them all, but I think the reverse is true: Bradley is a drain on the potential pool of voters for McCain, who needs every single one to orchestrate an upset.
The truth often hurts.
It always hurts to be constrained, but sometimes it's worth it if your neighbors are constrained too.