Painful in example sentence

A bipartisan committee has to propose $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by the end of this year, and Congress must either accept that proposal, or see immediate, politically painful expenditure cuts, which would include defense spending – an area that America’s Republicans care about strongly.

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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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