She feared the painfulness of childbirth. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory. ,a painful life. From Dictionary.com.
Now here's the painfulness of the Clarence Thomas. From Wordnik.com. [Callus on My Soul: A Memoir] Reference
But she had not reckoned on the painfulness of the lesson. From Wordnik.com. [The Blackstone Key] Reference
I see we are all sensible of the painfulness of our situation. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
"It's the painfulness of such a sight -- age without honour," repeated. From Wordnik.com. [Women of the Country] Reference
I heard, or incident I noted, is present to my mind in all its painfulness. From Wordnik.com. [American Notes for General Circulation] Reference
The days seemed to grind by, with curious painfulness, yet nothing happened. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Reference
The question is: in what does the painfulness, the hurting quality, of pains consist?. From Wordnik.com. [Pain] Reference
In other words, the painfulness of pains was constituted by their power to immediately. From Wordnik.com. [Pain] Reference
Yet, for all this, the lines of her countenance were beautiful even in their painfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Imagine the painfulness of affairs on days like this, when one hardly dares put head out of doors. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Endurance] Reference
But this is to no man but to him that will read him, and read him with attentive studious painfulness. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 54: 2 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
She had come but to save her brother, as she had said, and the painfulness of her duty was only too apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
Later, though, she's incredibly caring about Laura, and at another point she reveals the painfulness of her lost dreams. From Wordnik.com. [MileHiCon, Day 3: Ka ching!] Reference
"Spider" may not be your cup of poison -- no glamour or uplift here -- but unlike "Irreversible," its painfulness has purpose. From Wordnik.com. [How Far Is Too Far?] Reference
If strong fomentation is used in such a case, it is not unlikely to increase the painfulness of the limb, and a swelling may appear. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
To her own dear friend, as to one who had known and loved her sisters, she writes still more fully respecting the painfulness of her task. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charlotte Bronte] Reference
Therefore, in all the procedures about to be suggested, an effort is made to convince the child of the ugliness and painfulness of wrong doing. From Wordnik.com. [Study of Child Life] Reference
Toward the close of the day he had so familiarized himself with his perilous position that he was half in love with his dangerous situation and its painfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
His friends and much painfulness may prefer him to thirty pounds a year, and this means to a chambermaid; with whom we leave him now in the bonds of wedlock: -- next. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
I passed an hour which interested me in spite of its painfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
From early youth I was inured to a certain degree of painfulness in the lesson. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Mirror] Reference
But life has always had a good deal of painfulness to me, and I hate opposition. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange] Reference
The thought of harm or sorrow coming upon her protector had a twofold painfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
"O, it makes my heart ache -- I mean so much painfulness for every one concerned!". From Wordnik.com. [Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange] Reference
I was sorely ashamed, but made a strong effort to conceal the painfulness of my situation. From Wordnik.com. [My Life — Volume 1] Reference
He explained to Mrs. Clover that the painfulness and difficulty of her situation since Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Town Traveller] Reference
Not even the painfulness of the writer's situation ever clouds his intrepid and vigorous spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre] Reference
It was Penrod, tactfully withdrawing from what promised to be a family scene of unusual painfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Penrod] Reference
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Later on painfulness of the hip-joint is experienced from pressure and at about the same time the movements are impeded. From Wordnik.com. [Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated] Reference
A strange and painful breakfast it was, even though the most important element in its painfulness, Guy, was happily absent. From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
The lengthening of the period of interventionism only increases the painfulness of the inevitable reallocation of resources. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version)] Reference
Even though our progress might be slow, the knowledge that we were advancing would help to stifle the painfulness of reflection. From Wordnik.com. [The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse] Reference
His painful reflections are interrupted by that which but intensifies their painfulness: a shadow he sees flitting across the plain. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
Limpy-Jack painted the terrors of the return home for Peter with a vividness so realistic that its painfulness pierced more breasts than. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Hillside A Christmas Hare-Hunt In Old Virginia 1908] Reference
Others may notice that their breasts are more enlarged than usual, and this may be accompanied with increased painfulness and sensitivity. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
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