Painful in example sentence

The results have become increasingly obvious and painful: an economy that has suffered more severely in the global crisis than its neighbors to the south; a rent-seeking business elite that is unaccustomed to competition; public and private monopolies that no one seems to have the political will to dismantle; and corporatist pacts that siphon off public resources to unproductive unions, thwarting productivity and growth.

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Now consider a situation in which the motors stay off, the fly continues on its path and it suffers some painful consequence such as getting zapped.

It's too painful.

And this is why I like to talk about this, because if we don't acknowledge it, then the transition will be pretty painful.

And that's part of the reason I like to talk about this, because I think it can be pretty painful, and we really have to work through it.

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