Noun : a back pain. ,I am sorry my news causes you such pain. ,Great pains have been taken to repair the engine perfectly.    From Dictionary.com. 

When she nodded, he held his hand over his chest, his expression pained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Demon From The Dark] Reference

"My full confidence?" she repeated; the expression pained her.    From Wordnik.com.  [How It All Came Round] Reference

Sumner could only wait in pained surprise for her to continue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice] Reference

It was in a poem I remembered, a poem whose title pained me into glancing farther.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Hero] Reference

Though stoutly mittened, my fingers were cold, and they pained from the grip on the steering-oar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 27] Reference

Michael Ivanovich sighed -- the word pained him; but mastering himself at once, he answered with a tired smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forged Coupon] Reference

He groaned as if the name pained him greatly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down] Reference

The word pained her just as much as lucky did.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Earthquakes] Reference

He closed his eyes, as if the word visitation pained him.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Devilish Scotsman] Reference

My mother pressed her lips together, speaking slowly, as if every word pained her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Earthquakes] Reference

His expression was pained, and even Mrs. Burden could tell that she had greatly embarrassed him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wayward Muse] Reference

Julian’s voice betrayed nothing but his expression was pained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Night at Chateau Marmont] Reference

I must walk around with a scowl or some kind of pained grimace on my face.    From Wordnik.com.  [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference

'All righ', you two? 'he said, trying to muster a smile but managing only a kind of pained grimace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]

I'm not, incidentally, a 'pained' liberal - I too dislike knee-jerk positions taken on, in this instance, Israel.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Yet, his recent statements have been rather vague and timid, although we are told that he is "pained" by what happened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wednesday, August 18, 2004] Reference

The word pained me.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference

Not bad tempered, mind you, but kind of pained and vexed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Songs of Action] Reference

Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, said he was "pained" by the fall of the Tunisian government.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Governor Tuleyev said it "pained" him to announce the deadly end to the bank stand-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

She frowned at him, with reproach that was explicit now, and a kind of pained astonishment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cardinal's Snuff-Box] Reference

In a televised speech, Gadhafi said he was "pained" by the fall of the Tunisian government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference

Asif, who met the team officials Sunday evening, said he was 'pained' to hear news of his detention.    From Wordnik.com.  [India eNews] Reference

Online, the Jesse James Is A Dead Man star was "pained" by the result and didn't speak to reporters following the hearing.    From Wordnik.com.  [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference

Looking up at the ceiling, he let out a quick, pained laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marching to the Same Drummer] Reference

When he finally stopped, a pained silence fell over the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chemistry In The War Cabinet] Reference

He was pained by the idea that he survived but not anyone else.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Word: Christopher Szpilman] Reference

He wore the pained look of a man in need of a powerful digestive pill.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Kid] Reference

Boris Yeltsin's Russia is a deeply pained, increasingly volatile place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russia?S War Hits Home] Reference

When I ask Malone the inevitable questions about Rich, she looks pained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent’s Day] Reference

Much as it pained me to leave, there was no longer any place for me there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Odyssey Of A Passionate Radical] Reference

Fortunately, the fashion industry is finally listening to all those pained soles.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Her Shoes] Reference

Lennon's early solo work was utterly different -- raw, pained and without artifice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Imagine All The Outtakes] Reference

He was booed at a St. Patrick's Day parade - "and those are my friends," he says, clearly pained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: Mr. Newsom Goes To Washington] Reference