painful illness

collocation in English

meaningsofpainfulandillness

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painful
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/us
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/
causing emotional or ...
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illness
noun
uk
/ˈɪl.nəs/us
/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofpainfulandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is an extremelypainfulillness.
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He has suffered a long,painfulillness, for which he is still receiving treatment.
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He died after suffering several years'painfulillness.
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She died the next year after apainfulillness.
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He died in 1879, after a long andpainfulillness.
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She died in 1932 following a long andpainfulillness.
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In the lastpainfulillnessthat she faced, she deeply wished to be present to vote for new clause 3.
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I have a letter from a woman in my constituency whose father died after a long,painfulillness.
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He is suffering from apainfulillness, and we all hope that lie may be restored to full health as soon as possible.
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Soon after he caught cold and died after apainfulillness.
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Mesens died early in 1971 following a long, lingering,painfulillness.
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The death notice stated that she died after a long andpainfulillness.
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He continued to edit the paper with great courage through a long andpainfulillness.
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She was already suffering from a mysterious andpainfulillnesswhen her husband, who had suffered a stroke, died.
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He retained the chair till 1836, when he resigned in consequence of apainfulillnessthat finally caused his death.
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In the 1870s he painted some modern-life genre subjects, but towards the end of the decade began to sufferpainfulillnessand depression.
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