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Meanings of pained smile in English

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Usage of pained smile in English
1
Laura forced herself up out of the chair, forced a pained smile.
Battlestar Galactica
2
Tears welled in her eyes, though her kindly, pained smile never faltered.
Union Atlantic
3
He made a pained smile and said, Even show dogs get sick.
Frozen Heat
4
I returned an equally pained smile and we held on to each other.
A Stir of Echoes
5
Jamie accepted the offering, managing a pained smile of his own.
The devil wears plaid
6
So, I'm here. He produced a pained smile that was bursting with anger.
Battlestar Galactica
7
Wapshott looked up and a pained smile passed across his face.
Voices
8
Robbie stood there, looking down at me, a pained smile on his face.
The iron king
9
Through blowing smoke, the captain could see the count's friendly but pained smile.
Purity of blood
10
Giving the laudatio speech with a pained smile was German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble.
The Irish Times
11
Donna gave him a sorry look and then offered a pained smile to Marta.
Her mother's hope
12
Fleet sipped her wine and gave me a pained smile.
Whispers Under Ground
13
He released her with a pained smile and turned on his heel to leave.
Seduced by a highlander
14
The pained smile he gave them mocked them all.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
15
The doctor smiled, but it was a pained smile.
The Northern Light
16
She sees it and leans over the table with a pained smile on her lips.
Back on murder
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Pained smile through the time
Pained smile across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common