How To Use Hurting In A Sentence

  • There is a great deal of irresponsible leading going on and a downturn in the economy will expose it hurting all concerned.
  • The paddles turned out to be harmless slapsticks, with holes through the actual paddle part so they could cause a loud slapping noise without hurting.
  • However, it is two hours into the program and a recurring trend is that these people are hurting as badly as any progressives are in this country.
  • When we got home, I had to help her off with her clothes because she could hardly move for fear of hurting her head.
  • He's had a tattoo with the name of a former lover removed, to avoid hurting the feelings of his current inamorata.
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  • I am always skint and it is hurting my family and my girlfriend as well as me. The Sun
  • My back was hurting badly and I was fainting, losing my senses.
  • But at the same time that the U.S. armed forces are hurting for qualified soldiers, they're also firing qualified soldiers just because they're gay.
  • How can I tell her without majorly hurting our friendship?
  • As a pastor, my job is to help and to heal the hurting person, even if you disagree with him.
  • A male colleague got 585 for toppling backwards on a faulty chair while another was handed 14,000 after hurting his back lifting boxes. The Sun
  • We cannot continue to turn a blind eye or ear and pretend that all is well when many people are hurting and yearning for help.
  • Here he could thrash about without getting hurt - or hurting anyone else. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mary dangled be-ribboned trinkets before her the minute she opened her eyes, and they were all in danger of hurting her with overkindness. Three Little Cousins
  • The woman's nose finally stopped hurting when she truly forgave her father.
  • More Facebook Readies IPO Filing Lawrence Friend , a former SEC chief accountant, says that in an open-end fund, either the buyers or the sellers will suffer: "You're hurting the purchasers if your price is too high, or the redeemer if it's too low. What Is Facebook Worth?
  • We stand against hurting others as we don't like to be hurt.
  • It can also involve destruction of furniture, hitting people, hurting themselves, and screaming for half an hour or more.
  • And again, I know how much the families of the victims are hurting, and rightfully, but Christ himself said there is no grace in forgiving your friends, but grace lies in forgiving your enemies. Schumer asks for U.N. condemnation of Libya
  • You cannot raise taxes and cut spending without hurting growth. Times, Sunday Times
  • Or will they set the Threshold so high, burt just low enough to keep hurting us more? House liberals tell Obama public option is 'essential'
  • We stand against hurting others as we don't like to be hurt.
  • If your sincerest desire is to avoid hurting anybody's feelings, the answer is never to write or say anything controversial.
  • He ended up hurting himself more with hitting the metal endoskeleton underneath.
  • Right now, his sister was hurting badly and it made him want to cry too.
  • Mexico's economy, already hurting from recession and a bloody drug war, is set to scream.
  • This state of affairs is very, very sad with many people hurting and, indeed, becoming disillusioned.
  • Experts say both will turn a crisis into a calamity, hurting the very people they are advertised as helping. The Sun
  • Maybe I should let him know what a bonehead you are and how you're hurting his chances.
  • The thing is people do morally incorrect stuff all the time, heck we drive cars dumping pollution in the air irregardless of our neighbours, we talk behind other people's backs, we ignore homeless beggers, we cross the street disrupting traffic, heck even eating a fishburger is probably hurting someone else somewhere. Rant: Postmodernism and the Tabula Rasa
  • Time has come for introspection by them who owe allegiance to Advanian hinduism, and pondering by political population, that what the country has achieved till date by destabilising the settled communal harmony of this country by hurting the sentiment of a community – and more so, in this sub-continent, where helpless hindus have been suffering continuously since Dec 1992 in the name of retaliations. -- from bijan ghosh date 5 March 2009 14:44 subject india New Lawyers Chambers Supreme Court Buildings New Delhi 110 001 1:20 PM Archive 2009-03-01
  • Counsellors, shrinks and psychologists are flocking to the disaster sites and the homes of grieving relatives to comfort the hurting, the stunned and the overwhelmed, sometimes with a media crew in tow.
  • It's difficult to defend a sport that involves hurting animals.
  • This page-turner is a rewarding look into the life of a mother who must discover the truth, even if it ends up hurting her-and her son-in the process. Eye Contact: Summary and book reviews of Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern.
  • A small incision is made in the side of your eyeball to allow for removal of your cornea's inner layer without hurting the outer layers.
  • His smarts, strength, resourcefulness, and ability to perform while hurting are exemplary.
  • Getting Giles into the car without hurting him wasn't easy, but the minute his head hit the back of the seat, he fell asleep, so at least she didn't have to worry about him retching his lungs out.
  • He was tired and his body was hurting all over, but he persevered.
  • He has great stuff but gets excited and overthrows, hurting his command.
  • You cannot raise taxes and cut spending without hurting growth. Times, Sunday Times
  • The truth hurts sometimes and matt is not hurting others are … …! larry - dallas Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 09/23/09
  • What is wrong with hurting their feelings a bit? Times, Sunday Times
  • This last winter, at its annual meeting, the Conference of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, the coordinating body of Jewish voluntary fund-raising for Israel and local community needs all over the country, said quite flatly, in a public resolution, that policies which disenfranchise the rabbis of the nonorthodox majority of American Jewry are hurting the fundraising for Israel. Begin and the Jews: An Exchange
  • When you push a button, you literally are hurting, killing maiming another human being" in the virtual space, the Democrat says.
  • It isn't hurting all that much, but the itching is periodically enthralling in a remarkably unpleasant way, and the clogged Eustachian tube is an uncomfortable pressure. From Twitter 07-13-2009
  • Otherwise, many of us wear hats to keep the light from hurting our eyes. The Sun
  • Non-profit groups across the country say they are hurting from a recession-fueled decline in thrift store donations, and the pain is being passed down to thrifty shoppers, who increasingly rely on second-hand stores to stretch in hard times. Thrift stores struggle to stay open, fund programs
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • The question is: in what does the painfulness, the hurting quality, of pains consist? Pain
  • If you tell him the truth, you run the risk of hurting his feelings.
  • The blond man glared hatefully up to Greg, and the large man kicked him again, drawing another hurting grunt from Vincent.
  • The way you share yourself even when you are hurting is an especially rare and wonderful gift that you give. Sometimes, We Need Touch - Her Bad Mother
  • Commercial advertising campaigns hurt Aussie wine 'larrikin' image AUSTRALIA has lost its larrikin personality to the suits and marketing bigwigs and that is hurting our economy, a leading British wine commentator says. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
  • There are manly love songs (like the mid-tempo "Heartache That Don't Stop Hurting," stopped from being a full-fledge weeper only by Aldean's limited range). Album review: Jason Aldean, "My Kinda Party"
  • While one can recognize the pragmatic aspects of rejecting a religious exemption, including the likelihood of every pothead in America claiming Rastafari observance, this still should trouble us that a religious practice can be prohibited even when practitioners are not hurting themselves or one another. Frank Fredericks: Protecting Pastafarians: When Does Religious Freedom Become Ridiculous?
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • And his eyes were hurting, throbbing, burning when he looked at her.
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • When the kidnapping goes horribly wrong, everyone is left hurting and searching for revenge.
  • SMITH: With no one fishing and many restaurants hurting for business, so is Scott Burke (ph), who launders and rents table cloths and napkins about half hour outside New Orleans. Many In Gulf On Road To Uncertain Compensation
  • He leaned over her, half-dressed, his back hurting from being so long hunched in the same position. DANSVILLE
  • A scientist does experi merits, and no experiment I have ever done proves that air pollution is hurting those trees.
  • So for like a week, I've been promising Josh that I'd make Greek food for dinner so we could put a hurting on all the dolmades and tzatziki we've acquired. Greek Restaurant Whole Wheat Bread
  • How can you conceive of something as painful, as hurting, without conceiving of it as hurting you?
  • Let's just hope this "clear abuse case" won't serve as a foundation for some new federal legislation that'll broadly hit anything resembling "dissidence" from "undesirables" because it could end up hurting a lot of innocent people. Akismet Blog
  • Mark punches out angrily at a wall and makes a dent in the surface, hurting his fist.
  • He derives a perverted pleasure from hurting other people.
  • When we minister to hurting people, our energy is depleted. Christianity Today
  • But I'm not into hurting him - inflicting pain is just not right for me.
  • So yes, if you're worried about hurting the party as a conduit for soft money, maybe you need to worry about this, but not as an old - fashioned political party.
  • In short, they are not squeamish or unduly troubled by conscience when it comes to hurting us two-legged animals.
  • It is difficult even to take seriously the proposition that, whether because of globalization or otherwise, the governments of industrialized countries are hurting for tax revenue.
  • My back is really hurting me today.
  • In my usual burst of optimism, and at the risk of being termed pollyannaish (optimistic), I will bet against the nay-sayers, says From getting a birth certificate to opening a business venture, India's record in clearing red tape continues to be poor, hurting the country's progress. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
  • To avoid hurting her husband's feelings I advised her to hyphenate both names, continental style --- as long her maiden name wasn't `Bigg '. RESCUING ROSE
  • In the early songs it's nothing but pain, but in the sultry love ballads, the hurting man gasps his sigh of relief and release.
  • He didn't answer for fear of hurting her.
  • To avoid hurting her husband's feelings I advised her to hyphenate both names, continental style --- as long her maiden name wasn't `Bigg '. RESCUING ROSE
  • I sat in it once when they were picking tomatoes, my feet dangling, the ridge of the seat hurting my thighs, making red weals.
  • I take it that the bus routes were created when Metro trains were still relatively new and hurting for customers, and the idea was to feed them with the buses.
  • Of course, there's always a risk the markets will overdo it and push long-term interest rates too high, hurting the economy in the process.
  • The union, meanwhile, says the postal service's approach of slashing expenses and shrinking operations would only further threaten the agency's chances of long-term survival by hurting service, which the union says would drive away customers and would ultimately dismantle the agency and heavily damage the U.S. mailing industry, which the postal service says generates $1 trillion each year in revenue. Union Seeks Role In Postal Revamp
  • How can I broach the topic without hurting his feelings? Times, Sunday Times
  • Otherwise, many of us wear hats to keep the light from hurting our eyes. The Sun
  • By far the most serious allegation concerns one student who, the letter says, was put in an armlock by an officer and taunted with the words ‘Is this hurting yet?’
  • Experts say both will turn a crisis into a calamity, hurting the very people they are advertised as helping. The Sun
  • Shifting to inflation indexing OTOH is just a patch on an open sore that solves nothing -- it is regressive, hurting the poor the most, and so will be (and should be) fought by all who think SS's best role is as a safety net for the poor. Social Security Indexing Debate, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Shares of unlisted companies in the grey market haven't traded since Friday, potentially hurting liquidity and the interests of as many as 500,000 investors, industry analysts said yesterday.
  • I am intoxicated by the smell of the earth, after the first hint of rains, not for hurting you, but for giving my senses immeasurable pleasure.
  • You can stay here sniveling about how much you're hurting.
  • Their paranoia is discrediting them, burning bridges, and hurting us.
  • The end of block booking was hurting the studios. The Other Side of Me
  • Were those artillery gunners hurting anyone by snapping rigidly to attention? The Constraints of Corporate Tradition
  • Missy and I remounted Jenny as I put Doc back in my shirt pocket, but I was afraid to ask Jenny to gallop as she was hurting so much.
  • She was hurting, badly, and if she stayed the whole time, well that was just going to be a shock.
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • DE LA CRUZ: So-called stun grenades are supposed to confuse and disorient a potential threat, but why are they hurting the very authorities they're meant to protect? CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2008
  • I'm on furlough at the moment with a busted knee (an old friend which has been with me for the better part of a decade), but intend to resume fencing as soon as I stop hurting.
  • Sal only ever resorted to the use of bad grammar and words such as ‘ain't’ when he was seriously hurting or stressed.
  • Many are hurting for love, while many are suffering from a love that hurts. Anthony Liccione 
  • Experts say both will turn a crisis into a calamity, hurting the very people they are advertised as helping. The Sun
  • If the federal government, or any State, can violate the Constitution without hurting any person individual or corporate, then there will be no judicable claim. The Volokh Conspiracy » Would an Act of Congress Be Required to Allow President Obama To Accept the Nobel Peace Prize?
  • But a sudden and sharp slowdown in global trade is hurting the cashflow of container shipping companies. Times, Sunday Times
  • Maybe something was hurting her, maybe something in her diaper. PREY
  • He made the most unpalatable insinuations and unpleasant comparisons without hurting anyone's feelings and without giving cause for disapproval.
  • My back is really hurting me today.
  • Moreover, a shaky economy a weak American dollar and declining tourism are hurting sales at some of Paris's fabled art galleries.
  • Then we rush to the hurting places to heal and mend. Christianity Today
  • Fortunately, Americans pretty much now what’s going on, and the blatant skew is hurting media subscriptions. Bias And Lies « Tai-Chi Policy
  • Postal delays are already hurting small businesses and major companies across the country. The Sun
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • Share prices would have sunk — hurting small and big investors.
  • This is the 'almost affluenza' generation, and the strain of renting is hurting more than the bank balance. Times, Sunday Times
  • Postal delays are already hurting small businesses and major companies across the country. The Sun
  • ZURICH—The food-price rally that is hurting industries across the globe has helped Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta AG boost first-quarter sales and allow it to raise prices for various seeds and crop-protection products. Syngenta Sales Soar
  • Non-profit groups across the country say they are hurting from a recession-fueled decline in thrift store donations, and the pain is being passed down to thrifty shoppers, who increasingly rely on second-hand stores to stretch in hard times. Thrift stores struggle to stay open, fund programs
  • Yet the strongest melodramas are those without apparent villains, where characters end up hurting each other unwittingly, just by pursing their desires.
  • We stand against hurting others as we don't like to be hurt.
  • When we minister to hurting people, our energy is depleted. Christianity Today
  • She said Kieran had not gone to school that day because he had an upset stomach and new braces on his teeth were hurting.
  • My head was hurting and the glass in my hair and my scalp was itching. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was just not sure which one I wanted to put money into, and then it hit me, my hand was hurting from hand sewing binding on the formerly cut with scissors strip quilted placemats!
  • How can I broach the topic without hurting his feelings? Times, Sunday Times
  • Why does the alderwoman try to appease the neighbors while hurting our business's? Sonic in Aurora Wants to Extend An Extra Hour
  • Hurting and helpless, he was in no immediate danger from Rose who chose to advance on me, holding the silvery black five-foot long punty iron loaded ready to strike if I didn't dodge fast enough. Shattered
  • Don't argue with me, every word comes out of your mouth would be the solid evidence of hurting me.
  • Her eyes were hurting from the bright lights.
  • But exporters now grumble that the strength of the South African rand against the dollar and euro is hurting business, especially for prized ostrich leather.
  • Put this lotion on the insect bites to stop them hurting.
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • My left shoulder had been hurting for a year since a bike accident.
  • The counter measures aimed at combating witchcraft often involved sympathetic magic that was aimed at hurting the witch physically.
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • But heaven surely knows, that packages and bows can never heal a hurting human soul.
  • After all, in the other sins God was angry with people who were hurting other people.
  • And I think marketers are being just plain condescending to women in general and thereby hurting -- rather than helping -- their sales goals. Pink Gear for Serious Fisherwomen?
  • The almost inevitable result: Housing prices will drop, hurting homeowners.
  • We were hurting badly and I wanted to know how Paul was feeling because he had missed the decisive penalty.
  • He did not seem to be concerned about whom his opinions might be hurting. Times, Sunday Times
  • They're knockoffs, fakes, counterfeit goods that may end up as holiday gifts, but they are hurting the U.S. economy.
  • He did not seem to be concerned about whom his opinions might be hurting. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mexico's economy, already hurting from recession and a bloody drug war, is set to scream.
  • He’s been pushing hard and I saw him fly, so I know he’s hurting beaucoup from a glancer. Dead Zero
  • The role Goldman Sachs and its former head Henry Paulson played in hurting millions of people. Beaverton playing hardball for Paulson (Jack Bog's Blog)
  • Being a large woman, she'd landed heavily, badly hurting her left hip, her right knee and ankle.
  • I knew he was hurting, and the better part of me wanted to go to him, but I quashed it. Brush of Darkness
  • So ironic: Members of Congress have been hurting the citizens of the U.S. for two centuries, and now they want to be protected from the people. Specter gets special police protection
  • Amongst other animals, and specifically amongst vertebrates, ethologists classify violent behavior (aggressive posturing, attacking, hurting, killing) into two types: predatory and territorial.
  • This was because the bank knew that it would risk hurting areas in the economy where consumer demand was not strong, such as durables and apparel. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Earlier this month, Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta AG said the food-price rally that is hurting industries across the globe helped boost its first-quarter sales and allow it to raise prices for various seeds and crop-protection products. Bayer Raises Forecast
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • Otherwise, many of us wear hats to keep the light from hurting our eyes. The Sun
  • He didn't get very far before he collapsed into a pile of pine needles and slowly decaying leaves, hurting, weak, and exhausted.
  • My head was hurting and the glass in my hair and my scalp was itching. Times, Sunday Times
  • He'd explained with so much compassion that medicine had no answers, that Ross's future was likely to be spent in a madhouse, chained to a wall or a bed to keep him from hurting himself or anyone else.
  • It was agonising and it was still hurting days afterwards. The Sun
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • A great corona of plasmic light swarmed across the nose of the shuttle, scarring the viewscreen and hurting Kirk's eyes. Firestorm
  • Rebecca struggled to break free but he was hurting her.
  • I have quelled the ferocious beasties that are computer viruses, all without hurting those that should be maimed horribly.
  • Therefore he was free to behave as irresponsibly as he liked without fear of hurting me or our child.
  • For personal reasons, my weblogging will be a little on the light side for the next few days, so I may not be doing more than linking to other sites, like Flat Earth's discussion of a great Krazy Kat image pal JP posted on the Comics Journal message boards, The Hurting's review of Walt Simonson's Orion series, and your Dave Cockrum link of the day. Archive 2004-03-21
  • The recoil made his shoulder start hurting again.
  • He will need to make changes without hurting the very successful brokerage business. Times, Sunday Times
  • The company's ambitious push to drive the brand upmarket risks hurting its existing premium marque.
  • The pins and needles hurting; Tim gone, replaced by a blond ingenu. The Big Nowhere
  • He's had a tattoo with the name of a former lover removed, to avoid hurting the feelings of his current inamorata.
  • And also to unarm and disarm someone who's come in with a gun, and to be able to confront them and stop them from shooting children who are unarmed in any way -- if they have to, fire upon them so that they stop hurting kids. CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2006
  • The price collapse is hurting national oil producers, too. Times, Sunday Times
  • As a pastor, my job is to help and to heal the hurting person, even if you disagree with him.
  • Instead, it was a chance for our actors to expand their knowledge of the Bard, spend a summer in rep, take valuable steps to attain Equity status without hurting fellow actors in the community, and to do the work we all love to do.
  • We love them for their energy and iconoclasm and straightforwardness, and then get iffy if they put their perception of hurting human realities above convention.
  • misanthropist" who has vowed henceforth to call a spade a spade, and on the other the gentleman who cannot unlearn, in a trice, the usual forms of politeness, or even, it may be, just the honest fellow who, when called upon to put his words into practice, shrinks from wounding another's self-esteem or hurting his feelings. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
  • She slipped on damp grass, breaking a leg, cracking a bone in the other and hurting her shoulder.
  • At first listen, it is a set of simple, direct, delicious and honest countrified songs, hurting music about love gone wrong.
  • Here he could thrash about without getting hurt - or hurting anyone else. Times, Sunday Times
  • The lights are too bright in here - they're hurting my eyes.
  • That's cowpoke talk for hurting bobbert herding , roping,(Sentence dictionary) and branding candle cattle the sun and stars.
  • People are hurting and they are told relentlessly day in and day out that liberals from big cities are the ones inflicting the pain.
  • India plans to set up a clutch of infrastructure funds with assets under management totaling $11 billion to help fix clogged ports and pot-holed roads that are hurting growth in Asia's third-largest economy. India's Infrastructure Fund Plan Delayed
  • When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
  • I went to see an osteopath recently because I do a lot of running and my knees were hurting. Times, Sunday Times
  • I almost feel bad about hurting his widdle feewings … Matthew Yglesias » Don’t Tell Steve Levitt
  • Experts say both will turn a crisis into a calamity, hurting the very people they are advertised as helping. The Sun
  • Not terribly big, but big enough that we weren't hurting for money.
  • Me with the tiny bundle of coldness that was almost hurting me to hold. The Sun
  • He wished to refuse, to say that there was not a moment to be lost, that he could eat nothing in any case; his wame was knotted, hurting him. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
  • I was afraid of hurting her jaw, because of using so much pressure on her projecting teeth. ON CATS
  • A stronger dollar makes American exports less competitive abroad, hurting sales.
  • He pulled his punches to avoid hurting his sparring partner.
  • Even though exploring the anima and animus can be enriching, healthy, or just plain fun - hurting other people is not an acceptable outcome.
  • The price collapse is hurting national oil producers, too. Times, Sunday Times
  • Going though a long holiday season with some many people hurting is only going to compound the problem so they best get busy with what counts! lefty loosy What to expect in Senate's Saturday health care vote
  • Kail spun around and stalked toward the doors of the ballroom, angry and hurting.
  • Me with the tiny bundle of coldness that was almost hurting me to hold. The Sun
  • She paled as they suddenly stopped, and I feared that she would faint, for it had to be hurting her as much as it was me, if not more.
  • If you think that her view is hurting public education or restricting opportunity for all students, then you are a flat-Earther.
  • Well, let's just say she's considered a major player in the world of mystery just about everywhere and she's definitely not hurting for money.
  • I laugh so hard my whole body starts hurting again, causing me to flinch.
  • I heard myself say, ‘With gold chains and designer underwear, I don't think you're hurting for five dollars.’

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