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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91 I have been at pains to emphasize the positive aspects of discipline.
92 It pains me to think of you struggling all alone.
93 She asked after the aches and pains of all the old people.
94 The dog was already racked by/with the pains of old age.
95 He wrote an article on the pleasures and pains of camping.
96 Apart from the usual aches and pains, she felt all right.
97 She is at pains to stress the cultural differences between the two countries.
98 I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.
99 The disease typically manifests itself in a high fever and chest pains.
100 The program had some growing pains.
101 During adolescence, she thought they were growing pains.
102 Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles. Joseph Joubert 
103 Afterwards he suffered severe stomach pains.
104 Gandhi took pains to ascertain all the facts.
105 Gnawing pains and burning with gastritis and ulcers.
106 But I was laughed at for my pains.
107 There are shooting, burning, stabbing, tearing, neuralgic pains.
108 Aching, tearing, stitching, burning pains.
109 She took a lot of pains with him.
110 Macmillan took great pains to husband his energies.
111 Restless, anxious, aching sore and bruised pains, tearing pains.
112 The victim suffers from fever, headaches and muscular pains.
113 I was at pains to show how and why.
114 Sharp pains racked his wasting body.
115 She sat bolt upright, aches and pains quite forgotten.
116 The enemy naturally realized this fully and took great pains to avoid the consequences.
117 She also aims to help Joe Public get rid of those niggling aches and pains.
118 But the Second Vatican Council had taken pains to correct this notion.
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119 But during the Eighties, when materialism and malfeasance predominated, the electorate suffered guilt pains.
120 People eating contaminated whipped cream quickly become ill with stomach pains.
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