Words similar to painful

Example sentences for: painful

How can you use “painful” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

That sort of thing generally entails a coach or an east regional sales manager exhorting you to do something pointless, painful, or profitable to someone else.
Costly error or painful recriminations lie on either side of my position.
"It is actually very painful for us to see people come into this office having paid $400, $500, $600 to someone to prepare paperwork that is badly done," said Popp. "
I imagine there are gazillions of conservatives for whom it's incredibly painful that Monica's boyfriend got to be the one to usher in the Third Millennium.
After the painful experience of the American Revolution, the EIC conducting business from the islands of Penang and Singapore epitomized the British policy of insulating colonies from local politics.