He had ascended but two or three rungs when his head came suddenly and painfully in contact with a hard surface above him.

Its dancers have brought new individual flourishes to their young characters, who painfully come of age through war, drugs and divorce.

He said not a word, but came painfully to the table, and made a motion towards the wine.

The lies came painfully, as if the very words were spiked with nails.

Her tears came slowly and painfully, in the middle of them, she yawned.

But the words came painfully as a dagger wound.

A retired pilot, I was painfully coming to terms with a broken leg and the prospect of never flying again.

His words slowed down until they came out painfully, intensely.

This emulation was coming painfully close to the original!

Wild Bill is coming painfully around, groggily clutching his head.