Synonym: nisus, strain, striving. Similar words: take pains, painstaking, painstakingly, against the grain, pain, paint, spain, paints. Meaning: [peɪn] 
n. an effortful attempt to attain a goal.
n. an effortful attempt to attain a goal. 
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31 Homeless children sniff glue to dull their hunger pains.
32 She went to the doctor complaining of chest pains.
33 She experienced an increase in generalized aches and pains.
34 He always takes great pains with his lectures.
35 Your laziness pains your parents.
36 He's taken great pains to improve his image.
37 The business is still suffering from growing pains.
38 The patient complained of severe chest pains .
39 Chest pains may be symptomatic of heart disease.
40 The illness first manifested itself in/as severe stomach pains.
41 You may save your pains.
42 Back pains can be the result of bad posture.
43 Several children complained of severe stomach pains.
44 He's been suffering various aches and pains for years.
45 He had violent stomach pains.
46 I consulted a doctor about my pains.
47 The labour pains were unbearable.
48 He collapsed with severe chest pains.
49 We must give him sth. for his pains.
50 I felt the pains surfed in my head.
51 He was suffering from pains in his abdomen.
52 Chest pains can be a warning signal of heart problems.
53 She was at pains to point out that she was no newcomer to the area.
54 The doctor was associated in the child's mind with injections and pains.
55 Roy was at pains to point out that English was the only exam he'd ever failed.
56 He was always complaining about his various aches and pains.
57 She had aches and pains all over after the four-day trip.
58 The herb is used as a folk remedy for a baby's teething pains.http://sentencedict.com/pains.html
59 The disease typically manifested itself in a high fever and chest pains.
60 Social workers went to great pains to acknowledge men's domestic rights.
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