Perhaps he was frightened about the advance of a potentially painful instrument toward his head.

Managing this potentially painful move will be a pressing challenge for Mr. Bush's economic team.

And don't drop the ball if you want to prevent a potentially painful disease.

That is the long and potentially painful process of transformation.

But polling organizations have asked little about the potentially painful sacrifices that may be required.

First, the embryo has to be implanted into a surrogate mother using a potentially painful surgical procedure.

"We wanted to see if fish responded to potentially painful stimuli in a reflexive way or a more clever way."

He wanted to steer the conversation away from potentially painful arenas.

The bee does have a sting which is potentially painful, although no stings have been recorded.

Iontophoresis treatments sound potentially painful but, in fact, they are not.