How to Use hurtful in a Sentence
hurtful
adjective
- She can't forgive him for the hurtful things he said.
- Their comments were really hurtful to me.
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Evans said the church has been a hurtful and awful place for some.
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Karen Pilarski,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
10 June 2019
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The sh*t that happened tonight to me at the awards today was hurtful.
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Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
2 July 2024
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Well, that ended up being hurtful for both the fans and the team.
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Matt Young,
Chron,
4 Mar. 2021
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To have someone pull the rug out was just too hurtful and too much to move on from.
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Vulture,
31 Jan. 2024
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The use of the term ‘mentally ill’ was wrong & hurtful.
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Los Angeles Times,
5 Sep. 2019
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My words were hurtful and hateful and have no place in this world.
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Jon Hale,
The Courier-Journal,
5 Mar. 2020
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The words were hurtful and made my daughter cry, which woke up the mama bear in me.
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Amy Dickinson,
oregonlive,
15 Apr. 2022
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At the end of the day, losing a top-10 player like Myles is hurtful to a football team.
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cleveland,
22 Dec. 2019
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Some of the things Kanye is accusing her of are hurtful.
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Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE.com,
9 Feb. 2022
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But a lot of it isn’t, and these videos can turn into hurtful jabs at creators.
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Julia Alexander,
The Verge,
5 Aug. 2019
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Nichols said the recording of the video by an ESPN colleague was hurtful.
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New York Times,
4 July 2021
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Harsh criticism can be hurtful, even to a fierce heart like yours.
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Tarot Astrologers,
chicagotribune.com,
22 Aug. 2020
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At the time of the move-out, the student wrote me a very hurtful letter, telling me about how adults should act and how my children were spoiled.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
5 July 2023
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These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.
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J.d. Crowe | [email protected],
al,
4 Mar. 2021
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Sometimes things are said that are hurtful — people tend to say stupid things.
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Los Angeles Times,
25 Sep. 2019
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The endowed lecturer found this hurtful, but less and less so as time went on.
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Jarrett Earnest,
The New York Review of Books,
8 June 2022
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That makes the romance between Alexis and her ex all that more hurtful.
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Stephanie Wenger,
Peoplemag,
11 Jan. 2024
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Bono: Some people say that the lifeblood of U2 is concerts, not our albums — which is very hurtful.
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Rob Tannenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2023
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A lot of the things though are f---ing crazy and hilarious and also very hurtful.
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Daniela Avila,
Peoplemag,
18 Aug. 2023
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She’s a textbook narcissist who has said many very hurtful things and has a new man and new life.
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Abigail Van Buren,
oregonlive,
2 Sep. 2020
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Some of the language from these leaders has been disturbing to them, and hurtful.
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Renata Brito,
The Christian Science Monitor,
1 Mar. 2022
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To call this slogan ‘hurtful’ is to be against the end of occupation.
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Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Nov. 2023
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Having that taken away from me at the last minute was pretty hurtful.
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Dan Wiederer,
chicagotribune.com,
8 Jan. 2022
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Then there were the people who were trying to take away their pain, who had the kindest hearts, but who said things that were so hurtful.
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The Indianapolis Star,
17 Nov. 2022
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However, his five-foot-eleven-inch stature could prove hurtful to his draft stock.
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Stephen Wagner,
Dallas News,
13 Jan. 2021
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Gaslighters often say this to get away with hurtful comments.
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Erica Sweeney,
Good Housekeeping,
22 Apr. 2022
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Credit cards can cost extra The increase in credit card usage and businesses who raise all prices to cover credit card fees is hurtful to all consumers, said Stanley.
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Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
6 Sep. 2024
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Joseph, whose family immigrated from Haiti on a boat in 1991, called Trump's comments embarrassing and hurtful.
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Sean Neumann,
Peoplemag,
13 Sep. 2024
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