You now see the painful position in which I am placed.

This, however, is a painful position, and cannot be long maintained.

With a grunt, she shifted her burden to a less painful position, then hurried down the path toward home.

Easing herself into a less painful position, Soomey looked around her.

You are in the painful position of a man who has to be careful while he hurries.

"And that has put me in a very awkward and painful position."

In this painful position something is due to my own self-respect.

They include violent shaking and restraining prisoners in painful positions.

It put him in "the most painful and embarrassing position of my life".

"You put me into the painful position of having to act the bureaucrat."