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How to pronounce pains in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nisus, strain, striving
Type of endeavour, effort, endeavor, attempt, try
Has types jihad, jehad

Examples of pains

pains
Used correctly, over-the-counter analgesics can help with acute aches and pains.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It also helps you feel less stress and cope better with nagging aches and pains.
From the kansas.com
The foreigner chooses the pleasures of freedom, and the pains that go with them.
From the economist.com
The overall impression is of a chronicler at pains to be both fair and accurate.
From the guardian.co.uk
Still, despite Dogfish's growing pains, Calagione never quit making weird beers.
From the time.com
Patchett takes great pains to analyze her chief character's vexing insecurities.
From the sfgate.com
Such are the growing pains of a nascent industry in a dirt-poor African country.
From the economist.com
Still, Leavitt takes pains to select just the right color for a particular lure.
From the sacbee.com
Although it pains me greatly to tell you this, we will have two chats next week.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
  • Trouble: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
  • Cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
  • Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"
  • A somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
  • A bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"
  • Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Retrieved 6 October 2009. This often quoted definition was first formulated by an IASP Subcommittee on Taxonomy [Bonica, JJ (1979). ...
  • McKinley National Park Airport is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) of McKinley Park, in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. It is owned by the U.S. National Park Service and is located at the Denali National Park and Preserve (previously Mount McKinley National Park).
  • "Pain" is a song by the American band Jimmy Eat World. It was released as the first single from their 2004 album Futures and became their second #1 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was featured on video games Tony Hawk's Underground 2, ', ', and Karaoke Revolution Party. ...