be hurting

idiom

: to be very upset and unhappy

My sister has really been hurting since her boyfriend left her.

Examples of be hurting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

State AGs, meanwhile, have launched a flurry of investigations into the ways social media platforms could be hurting kids by deploying addictive design features, culminating in a barrage of lawsuits against Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta in October. —

Cristiano Lima-Strong, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024 Attempts to raise prices may also be hurting signups. —

Cameron Baker, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024 Here are the three Republican absences that will be hurting the margin by which the GOP controls the House. —

Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024 Lyft’s bigger presence on the U.S. West Coast, a region that analysts have said was trailing the rest of the United States in return to pre-COVID demand, could be hurting its recovery compared with Uber. —

Reuters, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for be hurting