But the second movie in particular felt almost painfully true to me.

But potential investors said the process had been painfully slow so far.

It is painfully obvious that the new data says it isn't true.

Working information out of the madmen was a painfully long, anxious process.

The decision had been easy, but the reality was painfully red hot.

He woke; listened; got up painfully and started toward the front door.

He had seen heavy action in Indochina, which left him painfully diffident.

It's painfully clear that both poverty and childhood hunger are steadily rising.

The painfully slow democratic revolution is far from over, writes Victor Mallet.

The noise of a carriage passing in the street was painfully audible.

The rudeness of the style in which they lived painfully impressed him.

In the meantime, the heart of Fred was throbbing painfully with hope.

Hobbling painfully, he began the ascent in front of the strolling Englishman.

Laurence watched him: he missed his own sword painfully at the moment.

Seti nodded painfully, and she took Iset and quickly left the chamber.

The pictures were painfully graphic; no angle was left to the imagination.