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- adjective That can be
hurt .
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Examples
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Simon Nishikanta sneered openly at what he considered the captain's inefficient navigation, and continued to paint water-colours when he was serene, and to shoot at whales, sea-birds, and all things hurtable when he was downhearted and sea-sore with disappointment at not sighting the Lion's Head peak of the Ancient
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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But a person that is shut out, that feels unwanted, unloved, terrified, the person that has been thrown out from society -- that poverty is so hurtable and so much, and
Nobel Lecture1 1979
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Simon Nishikanta sneered openly at what he considered the captain's inefficient navigation, and continued to paint water - colours when he was serene, and to shoot at whales, sea-birds, and all things hurtable when he was downhearted and sea-sore with disappointment at not sighting the Lion's Head peak of the Ancient
Chapter 13 1917
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a person that is shut out, that feels unwanted, unloved, terrified, the person that has been thrown out from society - that poverty is so hurtable and so much, and I find that very difficult.
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Guilt is not part of a healthy relationship, and adults 'feelings should not be hurtable by children. "
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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