Words similar to pains

Example sentences for: pains

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

Greenberg, writing in 1958, took pains to deny that Rothko's paintings were "luxury-objects," arguing, rather mysteriously, that they managed to "escape geometry through geometry itself."
They now believe, says the paper, that the militiamen took pains to cover their tracks, in one case burning their victims' bodies and then dumping the ashes into crocodile-filled lakes, in another putting bodies in a boat and sinking it at sea.
Also, I am fascinated by the blue-green algae from Hawaii (in a capsule) that takes away aches and pains and migraines.
I also take pains so that the people I date remain clueless about others I may be dating.
She is married to a womanizing louse who takes no particular pains to cover his tracks.