"It's been a much more painful process to write about than I expected," she said.
He moved so slowly it seemed that movement might be a painful process.
Paul is a young man in the painful process of growing up.
Walking, you know, is quite a painful process for me.
"The question is how long and painful the process of transition will be."
"This has been a long and painful process for everyone."
"But I know we've still got a painful process ahead of us."
This very painful and difficult process is now behind us.
But this would have been a long and painful process.
In addition there was the long, painful process of recovery.