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Meanings of painful intentness in English

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Usage of painful intentness in English
1
She had the look of one who listens with almost painful intentness.
The Obstacle Race
2
He stood motionless, staring at everything before him with painful intentness.
Fran
3
They were silent for a time, listening with painful intentness.
Harrigan
4
By this time the swimmers were nearly together and all three stared ahead with painful intentness.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
5
Basil thought for a moment with painful intentness.
Veranilda
6
The master talked to him gently but seriously, and he cocked his ears and listened with painful intentness.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
7
The mother listened with painful intentness.
A Village Stradivarius
8
He was watching with painful intentness.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
9
Silas Van Burnam had been silent up to this moment and seemed inclined to continue so, but he watched his younger son with painful intentness.
That Affair Next Door
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