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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1 Lazy folks [people] take the most pains. 
2 Lazy folks take the most pains.
3 Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
4 Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
5 Pains to get, care to keep, fear to lose.
6 No gains without pains.
7 No pains, no gains.
8 It pains her to have to go there.
9 nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
10 There were sharp pains pulsing behind his eyeballs.
11 She was at pains to stress the benefits of the scheme.
12 They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well.
13 He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was.
14 Pains make you stronger, tears make you braver, and heartbreaks make you wiser. So thank the past for a better future.
15 You get more aches and pains as you get older.
16 He went to the doctor with chest pains.
17 I've been getting these pains in my chest.
18 I had taken great pains with my appearance.
19 Every business experiences its share of growing pains.
20 My pains have been rewarded.
21 Massage can gently soothe away your aches and pains.
22 The patient had complained of vague pains and backache.
23 Her pains are mostly pure imagination.
24 It pains me to see you like this.
25 She takes great pains with her work.
26 Idle people [folks] have the most labour [take the most pains].
27 Staring today[sentencedict.com], I am going to do myself a favour.To forget about the burdens. To forget about the pains.To forget about the hurts.
28 The opposing parties failed in the general election for all their pains.
29 People under a lot of stress may experience headaches,[www.Sentencedict.com] minor pains and sleeping difficulties.
30 As you get older, you have all sorts of aches and pains.
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