Examples of 'painfully clear' in a sentence

Meaning of "painfully clear"

'Painfully clear' is an idiomatic expression used to emphasize that something is very obvious or apparent, often in a negative or uncomfortable way. It implies that the truth or reality of a situation is so evident that it causes discomfort or disappointment. The phrase may be used in various contexts, such as in discussions, arguments, or observations where the speaker wants to emphasize their point or describe a situation succinctly

How to use "painfully clear" in a sentence

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It was painfully clear it was not the right fit.
My ineptitude as a parent has been made painfully clear.
It will all be painfully clear soon enough.
In case my mother did not make it painfully clear.
I think it is painfully clear what is going on here.
He made the family position painfully clear.
And so painfully clear in its days and nights.
Both made our positions painfully clear.
I was painfully clear about that.
I say we make the price of rebellion painfully clear.
It should be painfully clear that this is a question of common humanity.
But right now one thing is painfully clear.
Just how painfully clear it is.
The conclusion to my experiment was painfully clear.
You then make it painfully clear you did not.

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Scott begins meetings by making that painfully clear.
Paul is painfully clear here.
The choices of this civil war are painfully clear.
It has been made painfully clear more than once.
Our battle will make the truth painfully clear.
It should be painfully clear that this is a question of com mon humanity.
A fact you made painfully clear.
But it was painfully clear that these were definitely not his passions.
That much is painfully clear.
Painfully clear that even before the apartheid walls and fences were.
He made that painfully clear.
Friendships dissolved quickly when differences between him and their children were painfully clear.
The truth is painfully clear.
It becomes painfully clear that Bill and his engineering team are out of a job.
Botila made it painfully clear.
But what is painfully clear is that the violence is by no means over.
Their consequences have a way of making lessons painfully clear.
Let me be painfully clear.
Now the real cost of losing her family is painfully clear.
It has never been so painfully clear that the world is deeply interconnected.
The reality of that fact has become painfully clear to me now.
Your limits are painfully clear from your tale of the regurgitated island.
She possessed splendid talent that made it painfully clear even now.
It is painfully clear.
Something that is lying there smouldering in everyday life becomes painfully clear in meditation.
They have already made it painfully clear that my procedure is not covered.
The Spencer report makes this painfully clear.
Botila made it painfully clear she plans to empower her AI army to enslave humanity.
McDaniels looks for answers to painfully clear social inequities.
Operations like in Libya make increasing gaps in available weapon systems painfully clear.
This was to become painfully clear in Britain.
It 's painfully clear that you have been using me.
In case my mother did not make it painfully clear I was not trying to prove a point.
Ok first off I need to make one thing painfully clear.
As I have made it painfully clear to this court.

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