HURT in a Sentence

Learn HURT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
330 example sentences for HURT, such as:
1. He cried because he had hurt his knee.
2. They hurt her but she had to hear them.
3. She'd hurt them worse than they hurt her.
4. Thank you, so busy, also come to hurt me.
5. He hurt his head by running against a wall.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of HURT
hurt
 v.  cause emotional anguish or make miserable
 a.  damaged inanimate objects or their value
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It made a small frightened cheep like a field mouse, and he wondered languidly if it were hurt.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  Her face felt stiff as from pain and her mouth actually hurt from having stretched it, unwillingly, in smiles to prevent the twins from learning her secret.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Scarlett and her father each assured the other solemnly that to bring such matters to the ears of Ellen would only hurt her, and nothing would induce them to wound her gentleness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Anger and hurt pride drove out some of the pain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  They fell on unhearing ears, words that were swift and tender and full of pity, like a father speaking to a hurt child.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  He had never once crossed the borders of friendliness with her and, when she thought of this fresh anger rose, the anger of hurt pride and feminine vanity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  The mortification and hurt pride that she had suffered in the library with Ashley and with Rhett Butler were pin pricks to this.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  She'd hurt them worse than they hurt her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  And it would hurt Melanie, because she loves Charles so much.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  And it would hurt Stu and Brent-- She didn't quite know why she wanted to hurt them, except that they had catty sisters.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  They hurt her but she had to hear them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
12  And, having gotten you alone, you could be very, very hurt or very, very angry when he tried to kiss you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
13  Well, I must admit we did a bit of private looting in that corn, for we were all pretty hungry and what the General don't know won't hurt him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
14  "No, Scarlett, no," he said in a low voice, holding her crossed wrists in a grip that hurt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  I just married Charlie to--to try to hurt you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (120 in 9 pages)
1  Some retailers worry that new regulations will hurt their ability to compete in the marketplace.
2  People who are able to hurt me are all my beloved.
3  Sarah was absolutely indifferent to him, and it hurt.
4  She hopped across the room because she had hurt her foot.
5  He's too macho to admit he was hurt when his girlfriend left him.
6  He hurt his head by running against a wall.
7  Thank you, so busy, also come to hurt me.
8  Therefore it is easy to assume that this must be a deliberate, callous attempt to inflict hurt.
9  Movement can be painful when you've hurt your back.
10  Memories, beautiful very hurt,memories,memories of the past but can not go back.
11  Go most urgent, is the most beautiful scenery; hurt the most are always the most real emotions.
12  He cried because he had hurt his knee.
13  No one can understand the hurt and pain of life, not a time to be able to recover, I can only share memory protection.
14  The dog hurt one of its pad when it stepped upon a thorny path.
15  The wait will not be very long, but your white-haired hair collapse hurt.