Read full poem →What art can a woman be good at ? Oh, vain !
What art is she good at, but hurting her breast
With the milk-teeth of babes, and a smile at the pain ?
Dictionary Entry
To be painful.
In a Sentence
“Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. hurtingpeople hurtinghurting without
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “hurting”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →This, said the rabbit, would-be of no use, as it had
often been tried without hurting her.
Read full poem →impulsive Irish women had thrown things at Nationalist M.P.'s
without hurting them. Mr. Lansbury had spoken the plain truth to the
Prime Minister in the House of Commons and had been denied access to
Read full poem →and it was pointed at me. It seemed to be placed on a hard green
surface that was hurting my right cheekbone.
Read full poem →Little I'd ever teach a son, but hitting,
Shooting, war, hunting, all the arts of hurting.
Well, that's what I learnt,--that, and making money.
Read full poem →My boyhood with my boys, and teach 'em hitting,
Shooting and hunting,--all the arts of hurting!
--Well, that's what I learnt. That, and making money.