painful process

But this would have been a long and painful process.

"This has been a long and painful process for everyone."

Paul is a young man in the painful process of growing up.

"But I know we've still got a painful process ahead of us."

Walking, you know, is quite a painful process for me.

Cutting it at all was a difficult and often painful process for the girl.

This is proving to be a long and painful process.

Was this what Grandfather called the painful process of growing?

But for those with capital, that could be a slow and painful process.

It has been a demanding and often painful process for these countries.

I saw him swallow, though that seemed to be a difficult and painful process.

In addition there was the long, painful process of recovery.

Coming to terms with this collapse in economic power has been a long and painful process.

He moved so slowly it seemed that movement might be a painful process.

"It's been a much more painful process to write about than I expected," she said.

"But it will be a painful process and a difficult task," he said.

The "14 Up" bunch has found growth to be a painful process.

They've got to demand accountability, which could very well be a painful process.

It was a painful process, waiting until the animals responded.

It's a painful process for everyone because I am my own worst critic.

This is a painful process and involves significant economic restructuring.

Facing that kind of knowledge was a terribly painful process.

That is the long and potentially painful process of transformation.

This difficult and painful process is intended to produce benefits for all Americans.

This suggests that the painful process of cutting back the arms industry may be further along than people thought.