Wondering how to use Hurt in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as harm or pain.

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Hurt in a sentence

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Hurt meaning

  1. To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
  2. To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
  3. To be painful.

Synonyms of Hurt

harm pain damage suffer injure ache painfulness suffering wounded injured weakened damaged injury trauma ill health

Hurt in Dutch

pijn doen kwetsen

Example sentences (20)

Although he went from starter to out of the rotation for a few games, he joined the second unit when Wall got hurt.

Alex Smith wasn’t playing well even before getting hurt and he’s unlikely to be close to 100 percent in this spot.

And Vi delivered on being there for Angie, even when Doug hunted them down with an intent to not just hurt, but kill.

Also, witnessing animal violence is a traumatic experience, especially if they witness their pet being hurt or killed.

Adams has said he would be 'shocked and hurt' if officials found his campaign had done anything illegal.

A cup of coffee is low calorie, so it won’t hurt your waistline provided creams and sugars are skipped.

Add to that the hurt of 2022, the first time since 2014 that they did not contest a championship final.

Akpomedaye was hurt during his attack, giving false names when he twice went to hospital for treatment.

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After breaking up with him, Groves sent her a text message saying he had hurt the child ‘out of rage’.

Alan also produced the screenplay for the 1995 historical drama Rob Roy, which starred Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange and John Hurt.

And everyone agrees that simply wearing a seatbelt during the entire flight will significantly reduce one’s risk of getting hurt.

Aled is thankful nobody was hurt in the fire and the farm’s 520 dairy cows were largely unaffected.

Additionally, the company was hurt by an expense of 752.9 million rupees during the quarter, taking its total expenses up about 19%.

Anger, hurt, resentment, lack of trust, or a sense of being unappreciated can all affect intimacy.

And the military loves them for it, because they would rather hurt than allow the libs a victory.

A grandfather has slammed 'irresponsible' behaviour after a 'BB gun was fired through his window' and says he was lucky not to be hurt.

This notion of falling in love seems like such a painful thing – you could get hurt, and we usually do get hurt.

In both versions, the song shows its singers haunted by the ways they’ve hurt or been hurt by their past relationships.

People get hurt or the mentally ill hurt themselves and they end up incarcerated and have to be treated there.

Adam says Kenny Omega is hurt, pissed off, and out of the country, but he’s not in Canada.

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Common combinations with hurt

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • to hurt 21×
  • was hurt 15×
  • hurt the 14×
  • hurt and 13×
  • hurt by 13×
  • would hurt 11×
  • get hurt 11×
  • will hurt 10×
  • be hurt
  • it hurt

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hurt" in a sentence?
An example: "Although he went from starter to out of the rotation for a few games, he joined the second unit when Wall got hurt." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "hurt" from real English texts.
What does "hurt" mean?
Hurt means: To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
What are synonyms of "hurt"?
Common synonyms of "hurt" include: harm, pain, damage, suffer, injure, ache, painfulness, suffering. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "hurt" in Dutch?
"hurt" translates to Dutch as: pijn doen, kwetsen.
How many example sentences with "hurt" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "hurt", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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