She sat down under it, in a big velours chair and held a fixed painful smile on her face.

Then he smiled, a faint and painful smile, but recognizable.

With a painful smile, he tried to gather himself.

David gave a brief and painful little smile at our hostility towards him.

His sigh of relief was audible, and her mouth moved to a painful smile.

She tried a painful smile and lifted her eyes.

A painful smile passed over the pale features of Fouquet.

He opened his eyes, and the thick lips twisted in a painful smile.

But the painful smile remained intact on the boy's face and he stepped forward.

He smiled, and it was such a painful smile that I had to look away for a moment.