How To Use Hurtful In A Sentence

She has shown that hurtful comments can be turned into a force for good. The Sun
Comments that the food was bland are also quite hurtful. Times, Sunday Times
The most hurtful thing is he saves all the cards and photos. The Sun
It's been very hurtful, and no one has been prepared to put their names to these allegations.
I think that there's room for debate about what is or isn't appropriate for public calling-out, but I think that the word *debate* there is key - not just running with a default assumption of anything possibly hurtful = bad = verboten. Community Is Hard. Deal With It.

I've been really mulling this over, *are* there comments that might not be *that* hurtful to me? Committee meetings
I don't know what else could have been so hurtful that, this many years later, it's still unmentionable. THE SAVING GRACES
Clearly know love is a hurtful things, but we still relentlessness to choose love.
And thus, of articles of food, those which are unsuitable and hurtful to man when administered, every one is either bitter, or intensely so, or saltish or acid, or something else intense and strong, and therefore we are disordered by them in like manner as we are by the secretions in the body. On Ancient Medicine
This deliberate emphasis on the young people's unreliable and hurtful past relationships poses a dilemma for residential workers.
And to be clear, the “good fight” is, instead of accusing flag wavers of being neo-Confederate Klan sympathizers, to convince people of good will that embracing offensive and divisive symbols is counter-productive and hurtful. Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Slavery
For Mike, bodybuilding was a way of dealing with hurtful childhood taunts and ostracism.
I am trying to figure out the least hurtful way for both of us to explain.
My heart is so full of things to say but most of them are hurtful and angry.
For they strive by a kind of toilsome exercise of the body itself to root out those lusts that are hurtful to the body, that is, those habits and affections of the soul that lead to the enjoyment of unworthy objects. On Christian Doctrine, in Four Books
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
‘Fine, don't believe me, you'll all see’ Harrison said hurtfully.
Let me know when you're willing to speak,’ she said hurtfully, standing up and getting ready to leave.
Sometimes it is difficult because these people say some nasty things about us and do some terribly hurtful things. Christianity Today
Whether these odoriferous particles attend the perspirable matter in consequence of the increased action of the capillary glands, and can properly be called excrementitous; that is, whether any thing is eliminated, which could be hurtful if retained; or whether they may only contain some of the essential oil of the animal; like the smell, which adheres to one's hand on stroking the hides of some dogs; or like the effluvia, which is left upon the ground, from the feet of men and other creatures; and is perceptible by the nicer organs of the dogs, which hunt them, may admit of doubt. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
The most hurtful comments were made by those who questioned my ability. Times, Sunday Times
The canker is suggestive of the character weaknesses, hurtful habits and secret sins that lurk below the surface of our respectability until exposed by extreme stress.
Do you want to marry a woman who can say such hurtful things and then not reassure you? The Sun
I know it sounds horrible to pull away, but it may enable her learn that words can be hurtful - she's a pretty preceptive girl especially for her age, so it just might be a good lesson. Mommy Dearest
I've always tried to please him with the clothes I buy but him not wanting me sexually I find very hurtful.
Reverend Jesse Jackson is apologizing for what he calls crude and hurtful comments about Barack Obama. CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008
By now, everyone along the wide corridor was chucking very hurtful comments at me, all laughing like madmen or madwomen.
All this festive cheer is starting to become a bit boring, so why not join us on a needless, hurtful, and downright nasty hate campaign against someone we've never met?
To the contrary, eschewing the label "African-American writer" can actually reinscribe hurtful assumptions.
To tell someone they are unwelcome is unpleasant and potentially hurtful and not something I would often do.
All hurtful stuff and not helped by washing dirty linen in public. The Sun
Hard men sometimes have soft centres and there's nothing more hurtful than to be taken for granted.
That was the most hurtful thing throughout the relationship. The Sun
It took me awhile to do the right thing and apologize for saying something hurtful - when I was really mad at myself for not taking care of business.
Some of the hurtful things he has said still keep coming into my mind. The Sun
All fatty beverages -- _bouillon_, unskimmed milk, chocolate, or cacao -- and all alcoholics, are hurtful; breakfast tea is undoubtedly the best beverage, but, after a little, is advantageously replaced by light white wine diluted with water. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
I say we pass laws guaranteeing that no one ever be criticized or spoken hurtfully of ever again. The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up.
No one need go far in search of proofs that this kind of abstemious living is not merely possible, but far less hurtful to health than excess. The Kreutzer Sonata
They are beyond belief and we hope that the people responsible will come to learn how deeply and unnecessarily hurtful their comments are. The Sun
I found some of his comments rather hurtful.
I make statements that I know are deeply hurtful and unfair and essentially commit emotional blackmail.
Do you want to marry a woman who can say such hurtful things and then not reassure you? The Sun
It allowed me to bury all the broken promises I made, all the times I let friends and family down, all the times I spoke loudly and forcefully and hurtfully to others and had no real knowledge to back up what I was saying. The 7
He said it must have been horrendously hurtful for the family to agree to the publication of the pictures.
In the most hurtful insult, the antique bureau bought by his late wife was taken, along with the personal letters it contained, and his daughter's wedding dress and presents were snatched, too.
I try not to read online comments as they can be really hurtful. The Sun
There were allegations of exclusivism, hurtful practices like shunning, as well as an overbearing doctrine of personal sin.
The present king disowns indeed all knowledge of a dangerous aitu; he declares the souls of the unburied were only wanderers in limbo, lacking an entrance to the proper country of the dead, unhappy, nowise hurtful. In the South Seas
I am firmly of the opinion that we should live and let live as long as what we are doing is not detrimental and hurtful to others.
So when people are stealing my signs, it's hurtful, but I've dealt with worse," said Henderson, who is in a four-way delegate's race for three seats against three Democrats in the 25th District. In reliably blue Maryland, the Republican challenge is a steep one
I know how hurtful it is when kids at school make fun of you and make you cry.
She is full of bitterness and resentment and is seemingly unaware of just how hurtful she is to my siblings and me. Times, Sunday Times
She blamed her plight on a hurtful comment by a critic about her weight. The Sun
Her comments can only be hurtful to Mrs Green's family.
I kept getting more texts from her and loads of voicemails which were really hurtful. The Sun
I found some of his comments rather hurtful.
She always found the most cruel, shaming and hurtful way possible to attack.
That was the most hurtful thing throughout the relationship. The Sun
The biggest problem is the grey area where people stay on the right side of libel laws but say hurtful things. Times, Sunday Times
I doubt he means to be hurtful. The Sun
I doubt he means to be hurtful. The Sun
LEMON: Well, what he said to me earlier -- and we're going to talk to him in just a little bit, we've just got him on the phone, Wolf -- he said that he made some crude -- what he called crude and hurtful comments that he much rather have made to the senator in private. CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008
It is not work, but overwork, that is hurtful; and it is not hard work that is injurious so much as monotonous work, fagging work, hopeless work. Character
At the very least, your friend owes it to you to tell you why she's saying such hurtful things.
Shed those hurtful attitudes that slow you down and drain your energy.
Sometimes it is difficult because these people say some nasty things about us and do some terribly hurtful things. Christianity Today
It stitl wasn't right; she wished she'd been able to find better words to explain why she had overreacted, and nothing she could say would unspeak some of the hurtful things she'd said. Arrow's Fall
A reply would not have been adequate, it would have been hurtful, and it was too late.
Comments that the food was bland are also quite hurtful. Times, Sunday Times
Being a plus-one was always hurtful. Times, Sunday Times
I don't find it deeply hurtful. The Sun
Vedic Scripture proclaims ahimsa, nonhurtfulness, is a primary religious obligation in fulfillment of dharma, divine law.
He would say hurtful things - it was as if he had changed overnight. The Sun
No doubt his words are hurtful and offensive for a large number of Muslims," prosecutors said in 2008, but "freedom of expression fulfills an essential role in public debate in a democratic society. The Lost Cause Against Wilders
My eyes tear up as I remember this hurtful tragedy.
You are my hero, my enchanted angel, my deepest wound, my most hurtful secret.
It is irresponsible and reckless to loosely talk about one of the most divisive, hurtful symbols in American history.
Ward is a 12-stone Mayweather, almost impossible to hit cleanly and hurtfully accurate in reply. Andre Ward beats Carl Froch into a distant second place | Kevin Mitchell
She blamed her plight on a hurtful comment by a critic about her weight. The Sun
Her words were sharp and hurtful and more than anything he knew now that he had been wrong to think she had some decency in her to start with.
These accusations are hurtful, they are slurs on my character. The Sun
The desire for peer approval and acceptance can motivate young women to act in healthy or hurtful ways, either individually or in groups.
The bramble is a worthless plant, not to be numbered among the trees, useless and fruitless, nay, hurtful and vexatious, scratching and tearing, and doing mischief; it began with the curse, and its end is to be burned. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)
Then I do have people in my married family that say hurtful things about my staying at home, but after a long time of observing them, I know it is not tactlessness that causes their comments, but a deep belief system to which they want to win me over. Homemaking Without Worry
It might be a hurtful comment but to want compensation is just plain greedy. The Sun
Does this imply those who use a false name to say hurtful things should be somehow immune from scrutiny? Times, Sunday Times
I don't understand why someone would do that, unless they are nasty and hurtful.
I kept getting more texts from her and loads of voicemails which were really hurtful. The Sun
Furthermore, those whose goal is to be rich fall into temptation; they get trapped in many foolish and hurtful ambitions which plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Whether it is true, as I hear, that the air of London is hurtful to her, giving her severe headaches, or that the scenes of her childhood and early queenhood, and of her marriage, are too much for her, and heart - ache is the matter, I know not; but it is undeniable that the Queen prefers any one of her other homes to Buckingham Palace. Queen Victoria Her Girlhood And Womanhood
The biggest problem is the grey area where people stay on the right side of libel laws but say hurtful things. Times, Sunday Times
I can be impervious to some of the hurtful things in the press.
She can be very hurtful sometimes.
It infuriated her that in their old age they should suddenly have become the target of malice -- unexpected, hurtful malice. DOUBLE DECEIT
Liberals and people of color abuse the power they have so hurtfully, especially when they employ sarcasm. Matthew Yglesias » Glenn Beck Denounces Civil Rights Activist John Lewis For Comparing Himself to Civil Rights Activist John Lewis
Commitment-phobes are all quite hurtful, but I find the last type most bothersome.
Ain't that a shame in this horrific kind of idiotically hurtful game? Bryan weighs in ...
I try not to read online comments as they can be really hurtful. The Sun
My husband's family has been unkind to me in the past and I want them to know I will not put up with this hurtful behavior anymore.
I don't find it deeply hurtful. The Sun
Bochart supports Margin, "the multitude of your gardens." palmer worm -- A species of locust is here meant, hurtful to fruits of trees, not to herbage or corn. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I don't know what else could have been so hurtful that, this many years later, it's still unmentionable. THE SAVING GRACES
I grabbed the tacks and placed Mary Jean's short story about a "Jade Tiger," Jessica's award-winning patriotic essay about the American flag, and Sarah's essay on students treating each other hurtfully, on the bulletin board. Randy Turner: These Are My Students; This Is My School
The most hurtful comments were made by those who questioned my ability. Times, Sunday Times
What he said was deeply hurtful to me.
The tune plunked out on the pianoforte was ridiculously simple, and even then, Clara made many obvious mistakes, creating chords that were hurtful to the ear.
It might be a hurtful comment but to want compensation is just plain greedy. The Sun
Could it be my mercurial temper, causing many rash actions or hurtful, wicked comments?
Comments that the food was bland are also quite hurtful. Times, Sunday Times
Most likely the omission is a well-intentioned desire to avoid inflicting further pain, but the effect is nonetheless hurtful to a griever who ends up feeling ignored. Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW: How to Console a Grieving Friend During the Holidays
Is it not hurtful that the apostle Junia was renamed Junias and called a man to suit the male translators and that Phoebe was not called a minister as the Greek implies but a "deaconess" instead? Women's Space
Thus, it is well known that the creeping thistle is hurtful to oats, _erigeron acre_ to wheat, _scabiosa arvensis_ to flax, &c. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832
It was deeply offensive and hurtful,' he said. Times, Sunday Times
He would say hurtful things - it was as if he had changed overnight. The Sun
On the red carpet she admitted the comments had been hurtful. The Sun
Would her sons listen if you explained how hurtful this is for their mum? The Sun
Some friends are obviously more fun than others, but I think it would be too hurtful simply to chuck her now.
It was very hurtful because he was someone I genuinely cared for and was trying to help and he had punched me with no provocation.
They will slam you against the wall, spread your legs and say hurtful things like 'Freeze Nigger mother fucker' or, seeing as how we're in London, 'Orl roit Sambo wotcha want?' Gridlock
And my father began to speak hurtfully, sarcastically to me.
I not proud of it but I can be as abusive, as abrasive and as hurtful as the next imperfect being on life's assembly line.
Never hurtful or judgmental, this wry sense of humour was never far below the surface, evidencing itself in a shy smile - but those eyes twinkled.
I guess that is something that can be a bit hurtful or upsetting for me to ponder.
She has shown that hurtful comments can be turned into a force for good. The Sun
Despite suffering what must have been a hurtful rebuff for a young academic, she spoke of him in very respectful terms, characteristic of her usual grace.
However, when we did next meet up, we had a really nasty row and said a lot of hurtful things about each other.
But I can no longer allow her to continue to spread hurtful allegations that are totally unfounded and malicious. The Sun
By now, everyone along the wide corridor was chucking very hurtful comments at me, all laughing like madmen or madwomen.
her hurtful unconsidered words
Coleridge wrote that ‘My many weaknesses are of some advantage to me; they unite me more with the great mass of my fellow-beings – but dear Wordsworth appears to me to have hurtfully segregated and isolated his being.’ Wordsworth & Coleridge II « Tales from the Reading Room
In some instances, too, the desire for popularity and for future advancement at the hands of friends and neighbors introduced a spirit of demagogism hurtful in the extreme. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
And discovery in the case could still prove very embarrassing for him, as well as hurtful to his wife and children.
Anyway you slice it, back-stabbing is hurtful, deceitful and disloyal.
It really is time this was addressed and also recognised that white people are very often the victims of racial bullying - if no more than 'snidey' under-the-breath mutterings that are offensive and hurtful. Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk
The most hurtful thing is he saves all the cards and photos. The Sun
It's getting hurtful for people and has become cruelty for the sake of TV.
That kind of racism is just as hurtful as the intentional sort.
Unfortunately, having been so hurtfully tossed aside many times previously had wreaked havoc with her self-confidence in the dating pool and Rachel just wished that whatever she did have with Todd wasn't irreparably damaged.
It was deeply offensive and hurtful,' he said. Times, Sunday Times
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
That was a very hurtful remark!
They were undoubtedly inhibited, as I was occasionally to be in the years to come, by a sense that schizophrenia required too much explaining and was too serious and hurtful to be referred to fleetingly. Henry’s Demons
And what company in their right mind would touch such a nasty, intrusive, hurtful idea?
The leaves of the mulberry should be collected from trees of seven or eight years old; if of such as are very young, it impairs their growth, neither are they so healthful for the worms, making them hydropical, and apt to burst: As do also the leaves of such trees as be planted in a too waterish, or over-rich soil, or where no sun comes, and all sick, and yellow leaves are hurtful. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees
They say the most hurtful things to each other. The Sun
Hurtful as it was, his telling Angie about Nora Eaton shocked them both out of complacency. SUDDENLY
They say the most hurtful things to each other. The Sun
There's a vicious, potentially hurtful quality to it that disgusts me.
In short, whenever any thing is done which universal experience shews to be hurtful _to ourselves_, (not to others) it is invariably denominated an act "contrary to common sense;" but whenever it involves hurt _to others_, it takes another character, and becomes a breach of the "moral sense. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education
Well, it's hurtful to us that someone would desecrate her grave.
I think I've been playing very well, so to say that my heart's not in it is hurtful.
A: You've been juggled, which is a lesser dating crime than "played" but still hurtful. Thestar.com - Home Page
He might similarly be discommoded by firefish, I continued, which are easier to spot but no less hurtful.
I know they were just being honest but it was really hurtful. The Sun
These accusations are hurtful, they are slurs on my character. The Sun
Coun Campbell said: ‘I take it very hurtfully that I am operating only as a one-man or two-man parish council and that I am not acting in the best interests of the village.’
This type of hostility can range from hurtful slander to physical attacks.
Some of the hurtful things he has said still keep coming into my mind. The Sun
It might be very hurtful for parents to find that their daughter is dishonest.
To prevent these injuries so hurtful to commerce the employment of different substances should be tried such as pyroligneous acid, the chloride of lime, the bichloride of mercury. Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum
They are beyond belief and we hope that the people responsible will come to learn how deeply and unnecessarily hurtful their comments are. The Sun
I found some of his comments rather hurtful.
I kept getting more texts from her and loads of voicemails which were really hurtful. The Sun
She called the indignities forced upon blacks in Durham in the 1950s "extremely hurtful," citing the segregated seating at the Carolina Theatre and the lack of seating at local eateries for black people. Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector
The second cause appears to have been, the uncertainty of our merchants where to send the goods, and who to trust, as the fear of the extension of French power took away confidence, and produced a sort of irresolution, which is always hurtful to business. An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged
I know their intention is not to hurt the Coliseum, but something like this is disruptive and hurtful to that end.
We know firsthand from students that a school's failure to publicly identify and condemn an incident as anti-Semitic is almost as hurtful as the incident itself. A 'breakthrough' in fighting anti-Semitism on campus
Fervently, she shook her head at each accusation he made, holding her hands over her ears in hope of blocking out such hurtful and sharp words.
At this point he paused and looked sadly into the distance as if recalling every hurtful moment of the evening.
We did not see it as an urgency or as being hurtful or harmful to anyone.
However, when we did next meet up, we had a really nasty row and said a lot of hurtful things about each other.
SIX in ten eczema sufferers say they have been bullied or endured hurtful comments because of it. The Sun
Once we get past the fact that Karen isn't the hurtful vindictive shrew she could so easily be, we recognize that she has very legitimate issues with Rick.
We argued a lot and said some hurtful things. The Sun
For nothing that is behoveful unto the whole, can be truly hurtful to that which is part of it. Meditations
There can only be two explanations for this unbelievably hurtful statement.
Those who attack political correctness would much rather be free to say any old hurtful and rancid thing, just as they always used to.
Anyway you slice it, back-stabbing is hurtful, deceitful and disloyal.
Everyone in that room expected me to reply to his hurtful comments with barbs of my own but I sat there quietly, fuming inside yet refusing to stoop to his level.
‘Oh mighty Dwarf,’ Yap began, ‘heroic and delicious Yap has decided to forgive you for all of your hurtful and brutal kickings and abusings.’
An issue which gained national attention after Mr. Ablow -- who is a psychiatrist, author, and Fox News contributor -- ignorantly, purposefully, and hurtfully said in his Fox News column with regard to Mr. Bono appearing on ABC's Dancing With The Stars : Douglas MacKinnon: A Conservative's Defense of Chaz Bono
On the red carpet she admitted the comments had been hurtful. The Sun
Advocating mass deportation is as unjust and hurtful as advocating that all African-Americans should be deported to Africa on the basis of their high crime-rates and levels of poverty. The Volokh Conspiracy » Matt Welch on the Immigration Law
Everyone knows that competition can be both healthy (acting as a spur to progress) or negative, which is hurtful as well as wasteful.
Does this imply those who use a false name to say hurtful things should be somehow immune from scrutiny? Times, Sunday Times
When a canal is to be dug or a railroad put through, requiring thousands of laborers, it would be hurtful to withdraw these laborers from the constant industries. THE TRAMP
Comments that the food was bland are also quite hurtful. Times, Sunday Times
I know they were just being honest but it was really hurtful. The Sun
We argued a lot and said some hurtful things. The Sun

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