painful period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpainfulandperiod
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painful
adjective
uk/ˈpeɪn.fəl/us/ˈpeɪn.fəl/
causing emotional or ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofpainfulandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That was apainfulperiodfor most people.
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Dislocation of children from their familiar environment, friends, and school adds considerable stress during an alreadypainfulperiodof children's lives.
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We have had a good number of such debates in thispainfulperiod.
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There will inevitably be apainfulperiodof transition in human terms as well as financial.
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To those of us who live in coalfield areas this has been a particularlypainfulperiod.
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Both sides have had to live through a verypainfulperiodof history.
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It has gone through apainfulperiodof restructuring and reorganisation.
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The long-term prospects are brighter, but those will follow apainfulperiodof readjustment in the short term.
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Such human and family tragedies happen every day, and often involve apainfulperiodof adjustment for those left behind.
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That is the reality that modern industrialised countries have to face in the verypainfulperiodof transition to the use of new technology.
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However, the team began apainfulperiodin the development team.
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Nobody from her family visits her during thispainfulperiodof her second marriage.
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I know that the coal industry is undergoing a particularlypainfulperiodof reorganisation, but there are certain things which could be done to help it.
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Not only was he sent as an envoy of peace, but he made peace and brought to an end a verypainfulperiodof history in this country.
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Apainfulperiodfor the theological faculty, as it was for the entire university, was the end of the 1960s.
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