painful memory

collocation in English

meaningsofpainfulandmemory

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painful
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/us
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/
causing emotional or ...
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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition ofpainfulandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpainful memory

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I only have onepainfulmemory.
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My unwitting comment about her feet brought back thepainfulmemoryof the destruction of her self-image but also implicitly gave her "permission" to pursue having children.
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However, without formal counselling training, what should primary care workers do when they encounter a patient with apainfulmemorythat may be detrimental to health?
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I shall not dwell on that because it is apainfulmemory.
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I met many relatives and survivors repeatedly, all of whom live each day with thepainfulmemoryof their loss.
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The 'forgetting' of male births may reflect an urge to repress thepainfulmemoryof the death of a son in a culture where male children are greatly valued.
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As an acting exercise, students have to divulge apainfulmemory.
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Apainfulmemorycauses her to avoid most boys, despite her seemingly strong personality.
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Thatpainfulmemoryactually drove me to activism, and that activism gave me a front-row seat, watching our movement grow from near infancy.
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His death will always be apainfulmemoryof a shady period of repression, a perpetual echo of the voice of freedom, which will never be kept silent.
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The show is a hit, and with eachpainfulmemoryhe recalls and a step closer to regaining his fame, strange and unexplainable occurrences begin to happen around him.
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