Pains has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | What pains you, pains me too. | |
| 2. | It pains me to disagree with your opinion. | |
| 3. | No gains without pains. | |
| 4. | No gain without pains. | |
| 5. | The company has growing pains now. | |
| 6. | I have terrible pains. | |
| 7. | All the same, we still need a scientific account of how exactly pains are caused by brain processes. | |
| 8. | The boy took great pains to solve the quiz. | |
| 9. | They have taken great pains to finish the project, I hear. | |
| 10. | All my pains went for nothing. |