Another figure may be responsible for drawing us out, eliciting all kinds of pained and disagreeable reactions.
Duroc looked up at Rafferty, and the priest turned his head, meeting his gaze with pained, still-clear eyes.
Everyone else sounded pained and crazy enough.
He could see Steen's face in its pained repose, and felt certain that he was up against a case of murder.
Newman's pained performance is a slightly heavy-handed but compelling version of the Marlon method.
Rex made with the crossed eyes and suitably pained expression.
The woman's face was drawn into pained mask.
You noticed a vaguely pained expression enter Jackson's eyes, as if he was wondering why nothing ever proved simple.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►with a pained expression on his face
He sat stiffly, with a pained expression on his face.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►a pained expression
(=one that shows you are in pain or feeling upset)· A pained expression crossed Rory’s face when he saw them together.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►expression
· You noticed a vaguely pained expression enter Jackson's eyes, as if he was wondering why nothing ever proved simple.· Rex made with the crossed eyes and suitably pained expression.· He assumed a pained expression and averted his eyes.· Larry, my stepfather, sits stiffly with a pained expression on his face.· Even from fifty yards away I could see her pained expression.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►pained expression/look/voice etc
As you began again, all of us around you exchanged more pained looks.
He assumed a pained expression and averted his eyes.
He finally looked at Cantor, a pained expression on his face.
His mouth was set in a prim, pained expression of disapproval.
Larry, my stepfather, sits stiffly with a pained expression on his face.
Rex made with the crossed eyes and suitably pained expression.
The ubiquitous man with the pained expression vanishes.
You noticed a vaguely pained expression enter Jackson's eyes, as if he was wondering why nothing ever proved simple.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivepainedpainful ≠ painlessnounpainverbpainadverbpainfully ≠ painlessly
pained expression/look/voice etc someone’s expression, voice etc that shows they are worried, upset, or slightly annoyed: He sat stiffly, with a pained expression on his face.