How to Use in pain in a Sentence

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  • FaceTimed her, writhing in pain from the side of a road.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Tkachuk appeared to be in pain on the ice and crawled to the bench where he was helped to the team’s dressing room.
    — George Richards, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Robinson went down in pain, but was able to remain in the game.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Help often comes too late, as many die alone and in pain.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • All of a sudden, the fans who had been cheering went silent as the Hersey star writhed in pain.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Chubb was seen grabbing his leg in pain and medics ran onto the field.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The next day, the girl hollered in pain and pointed at her back, her mother stated.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2023
  • He wasn’t given any more and was left in his cell crawling to his bed in pain.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Eichel was in pain and went to the dressing room for the remainder of the period.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • The record noted that the dog yelped in pain but made no further noise after the first strike of the bottle.
    — Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2024
  • Kentvaious Caldwell-Pope wound up with the ball, scored on the play and Paul was winching in pain with 4:55 left in the third.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
  • But Ross was left writhing in pain with a shoulder injury.
    — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
  • After writhing in pain on the field, Love had to be assisted off.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Clearly in pain, Ware stayed in the game after making his and-one free throw.
    — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Several hours later, in the middle of the night, this girl screamed out in pain.
    — Jennifer Gilmore, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • Renner can be heard groaning in pain in the background.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • By the time police arrived, four adults were dead and a 9-year-old child was twisting in pain.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
  • No foul was called, but Swanson fell, crying in pain and grabbing the back of her left knee.
    — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • While Mariar screams and writhes in pain, the officer who fired the shot picks up an object from the floor.
    — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • Instead, Spears lay on her bathroom floor for hours in pain.
    — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • So if someone is stressed or in pain, their blood pressure will rise.
    — Brian Mastroianni, Health, 26 Sep. 2023
  • But the younger women in the family, while in pain, were adamant on standing their ground.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile, many families are in pain, and far too many are afraid to go out of their homes.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
  • Near the end of the first half, Davis went to the court in pain before moving to the bench with his right arm lifelessly dangling.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • As Lock knelt down on the ground in pain, the fans at MetLife Stadium strangely began to cheer.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • In the eightieth minute, Shaw was fouled by a French defender and went down in pain.
    — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023
  • Out of nowhere, a man howling in pain comes barreling at them.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The animals showed a 40% decrease in pain response when a man remained in the room.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Shohei Ohtani was on the ground, writhing in pain after he was caught stealing second base in the seventh inning.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Combs supposedly emerged nude and began to both vaginally and anally rape her, as Graves screamed in pain.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 Sep. 2024

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