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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121 He arrived talking about how exhausted he felt, his aches and pains punctuated by herpes outbreaks.
122 He told the doctor he was suffering from chest pains.
123 Jenny ran slower and slower, complaining all the way of various aches and pains.
124 Officials were at pains to point out that it was focused on resolving border disputes and promoting trade.
125 All three writers are at pains to stress the unquantifiable advantages of purchase as against borrowing.
126 The pretty presenter was taken by ambulance to London's Charing Cross Hospital at 6 am with terrible stomach pains.
127 We had minor aches and pains for days after the game.
128 For his pains the House of Commons put him in gaol.
129 Unfortunately, partway through the festivities, Louisa was taken ill with severe pains in her stomach.
130 Whilst in Fort William she was taken ill with stomach pains.
131 Ryker pushed against the back of a man trying to get through and got an angry glare for his pains.
132 For his pains my first bedmate could have had the benefits of a protracted rest in one of our quaint medieval prisons.
133 The afflicted person will complain of aches and pains, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite, and general malaise.
134 The light danced about, we were above the thin cloud line and suddenly my pains had gone.
135 They were wrong. Not long after they arrived home, Allison began to feel the familiar pains and called the doctor.
136 Tonight he certainly seemed at pains to play the perfect host.
137 There may be a generalized constitutional upset with fever, headache, loss of appetite and weight, and joint pains.
138 Much heat in the head with all the headaches; bursting, constricting pains.
139 She was quite calm and told me to get a watch and try and time how far apart the pains were.
140 Her father had a past which he'd taken pains to cover up.
141 I have a few aches and pains but no real health problems.
142 If you value your trees, you will take pains to master this art.
143 When they are withdrawn the patient may suffer fatigue, headache, depression, weakness, and aches and pains.
144 Ear infections with a bloody, purulent, cheesy smelling discharge and sticking pains.
145 Kerry had to drive herself to the hospital when the labor pains began.
146 Many Latina celebrities take great pains to appear as non-Latina as possible.
147 But the following Sunday - it seemed to be always on Sunday - he experienced violent pains and was rushed into hospital.
148 His physician and our hospice team work together to manage his chest pains and episodes of breathlessness.
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149 In a sense this was false, as recent historians have been at pains to prove.
150 He was admitted to hospital complaining of severe stomach pains.
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