Synonyms

1. distressingly

Sentence Examples

1. Dinner stretches on forever, painfully so, while Holly drones on about the advantages of drought-tolerant Knock-Out roses and Irene, again, has issues with the food.
2. The water carrier yelped in surprise as his wrist was grasped and painfully wrenched downwards.
3. He felt the whole force of what he had done course though him like fire, burning his nerves, making his chest tighten and his heart beat painfully.
4. The allegations that Robert had made were now painfully confirmed.
5. Hammering against my chest like a sledge hammer, my heart throbbed painfully.
6. The impact on the blade came just beneath the hilt making his fingers jar painfully from the blow.
7. Removing the spade she tried again, and again hit something solid, jarring her shoulders painfully in their sockets.
8. When we arrive at the restaurant the rest of the party is waiting inside, including Carrie and Alicia, two young and painfully thin PR women working for the Wallace Group, and a bespectacled couple from Wisconsin consisting of a newsletter journalist named Stephanie Pennington and her photographer husband, Joe.
9. When their horses passed under the tower it became painfully clear why there had been no need to close the gates against them.
10. But Alex was also painfully provincial, thinking no one could enjoy good food unless they ran in elite circles, preferable within the Beltway.