look painful

Frequency: 7.080.2 per million words

to appear to be causing pain

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Examples (10)

  • His twisted ankle seemed to look quite painful after the fall.
  • The expression on her face made the whole situation look incredibly painful.
  • She tried to smile, but it only made her efforts look more painful.
  • The way he was limping, his knee must look really painful.
  • After the surgery, the incision will look red and painful for a few days.
  • Watching him struggle, it didn't just feel hard, it began to look genuinely painful.
  • Despite the severe injury, he tried not to let it look too painful.
  • The artist captured the agony so well that the portrait seemed to look truly painful.
  • Every step she took seemed to look excruciatingly painful to those observing.
  • The slow, gradual changes in the system started to look quite painful for the team.