His ignorance was painfully obvious. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She moved painfully forward. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory. ,a painful life. From Dictionary.com.
Although the idea of him slowly wasting away painfully is more appealing to me. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » 2004 » October] Reference
But today Americans are searching desperately for employment in painfully high numbers. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Albert: Why The President Wins If The Democrats Lose] Reference
A term painfully familiar to people living in places like Japan, Germany and South Korea. ". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2004] Reference
They saw the pillars of society pulled dowry by an unseen Samson and watched the victims crawling painfully from the ruins. From Wordnik.com. [Inflation and War Finance] Reference
But his understanding, though just, is slow, and his elocution painfully defective. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1] Reference
At first, the child reads only by a distinct conscious effort of memory, recalling painfully each word. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
Well, I'm not sure she said 'painfully', although I am sure it's true. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference
Development Community was moving at a "painfully" slow rate, SADC sectretariat Kaire Mbuende said on Friday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Most of the Danner letter focuses on Packer allegedly taking quotes "painfully" out of context and the "corrosive tendentiousness at work.". From Wordnik.com. [Greg Mitchell: UPDATED: Top Authors, and Editor, in NYT Book Review Ethics Dispute] Reference
And I say "painfully" because I couldn't stop thinking about all the union and electoral campaigns I've worked on where we did not do this. From Wordnik.com. [Zack Exley: The New Organizers, What's really behind Obama's ground game] Reference
I recall painfully watching West on C-SPAN’s Booknotes some years ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Cornel West, Celebrity Narcissist] Reference
I said ” “to get a namby-pamby way of writing ” what a reviewer calls painfully kind?”. From Wordnik.com. [Father Payne]
She went over the suffering of having their privacy invaded 'painfully', and her attitudes have been judged. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
The Terror sought that word painfully in the dictionary, spelled it out, and continued: "'I could overseer it for you. From Wordnik.com. [The Terrible Twins] Reference
Even if you didn’t see the not-exactly-hidden “it’s a joke”, isn’t it kind of painfully obvious that this is meant as satire?. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Gotta love the extreme points of view…] Reference
But it's a painfully important issue to real warriors. From Wordnik.com. [Why Medals Matter] Reference
"" Because they're painfully anal-retentive, '' he says. From Wordnik.com. [The Buzz Machine] Reference
The inadequacy of that way of life is painfully obvious today. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Naked Truth] Reference
There were times when I was painfully aware of the age difference. From Wordnik.com. [Leading the Way] Reference
The phone call was long, heated and, in the end, painfully decisive. From Wordnik.com. ['I Made Mistakes'] Reference
His characters, often emblems, are here fully fleshed and painfully human. From Wordnik.com. ['This Is Real Life'] Reference
Both FDR and JFK learned painfully that iconoclasm is better than idolatry. From Wordnik.com. [Memo To The 1993 Crowd: Believe In Yourselves] Reference
We were all painfully, horribly polite people -- i.e., afraid of confrontation. From Wordnik.com. [Where There's A Wilco] Reference
It's a truth of which the continent's largest banks are already painfully aware. From Wordnik.com. [Luck Of The Wary] Reference
THE SHORT - list of good places to get down: Club 97: Small, dark, painfully hip. From Wordnik.com. [What's Hot In Hong Kong] Reference
Of course, as Hollywood knows so painfully, not all sequels pan out, some just get panned. From Wordnik.com. [Detroit Reloaded] Reference
"I was inexperienced and painfully aware of it," writes Andrews in her lovely new memoir, "Home.". From Wordnik.com. [The Princess Diary] Reference
We're easy to spot: those painfully obvious entries with two addresses listed next to the student's name. From Wordnik.com. [So Where’s the Epidemic?] Reference
Eventually Kobe will recover from the devastating earthquake of Jan. 17, but last week progress was painfully slow. From Wordnik.com. [Kobe: Ruins And Regrets] Reference
"It has taken a painfully long time to properly acknowledge that environment can influence inheritance," he told me. From Wordnik.com. [What Alters Our Genes] Reference
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