Meaning of painmaking | Babel Free

Examples

“Moreover, the evil spirit was angry because his time had been so short and because of the painmaking violent movements and casting his body about.”

“New techniques, such as painmaking drugs; pseudo-legal dodges, such as incommunicado detention and "disappearances"; ancient scenarios, such as children forced to watch the :orture of their mothers — these practices have spread rapidly around the world.”

“Inside the prison, the chosen few readied themselves to leave their place of incarceration for three precious, painstaking, painmaking hours on the town.”

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