Pains - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpeɪnz|  American pronunciation of the word pains
Brit.  |peɪnz|  British pronunciation of the word pains
- this word is used as a present tense form (he/she/it) of the verb to pain
- this word is used as a plural form of the noun pain

noun

- an effortful attempt to attain a goal (syn: strain, striving)

Extra examples

She is at pains to point out how much work she has done.

It pains me to have to say it.

Nothing pains like the truth.

He was admitted last night for chest pains.

It is a story about the joys and pains of life.

As much as it pains me to admit it, she was right.

The patient was having intermittent pains in his side.

She began to have labor pains this morning.

He felt sharp chest pains and went to see the doctor.

Chaucer takes great pains to distance himself as narrator from the action of the poem.

I have aches and pains all over.

Rheumatic pains cured by the application of spirits of camphor.

He collapsed with severe chest pains.

Apart from the usual aches and pains, she felt all right.

The labour pains were unbearable.

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