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.
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211 One person was treated at the scene for chest pains, but no other injuries were reported.
212 By the time Mark reached home that evening, the pains in his head were excruciating.
213 Klausner and Rimer both took pains Tuesday not to criticize the consensus panel report, which has not been finalized.
214 He had had a very hard time indeed to persuade the King, but he had spared no pains.
215 The U.S. military has been at pains not to offend its Muslim host.
216 The authorities have taken pains to represent Niyogi's murder as a factional fight between extremists.
217 Laurie Taylor was at the funeral Conor's chest pains started up again at about 6am.
218 But success has brought some growing pains along the way.
219 You can't do, not when you've been at pains to tell me what rubbish all this astrological mumbo-jumbo is.
220 They suffered from pains in the head or indescribable sensations of uneasiness in the bowels.
221 Weary was crying because of horrible pains in his feet.
222 I declined the invitation the only thoughts in my head were finding my bed to soothe away the aches and pains.
223 These are the truly intractable pains and they are called intractable because they respond to no known form of therapy.
224 But while the Republican governors identify with small government, almost all take pains to avoid being seen as anti-government.
225 But the growing pains of the organization rippled through the conference and informal discussions.
226 They simply tell us that some one has some very specific desires, aches and pains.
227 Congress takes great pains to avoid reminding voters that they themselves finance such mailings.
228 Most burglars, it pains me to say, are just looking for the easy dollar.
229 As much as it pains us to write this, now is time for Dan to step down.
230 Muscular aches and pains can be eased by eucalyptus, camomile, lavender or marjoram.
231 Doherty left after behind-the-scenes differences and off-the-set growing pains got out of hand.
232 He was very agitated. Sharp pains racked his wasting body.
233 This is similar to the growing pains that we have as children and will soon pass.
234 And this one was the most severe of all since the pains started three years ago.
235 Instead, he got mystery for his pains, more and more mystery.
236 They are at pains to insist that they are not called to be a denomination.
237 We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons. Jim Rohn
238 This is partly because people, and their pains, do not respond equally to a particular drug.
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239 Roy Anderson took great pains to ensure there were no more surprises for any of the players in the unfolding drama.
240 Then the griping pains stared, and soon he was running along the unlit landing in desperate need of the lavatory.
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