The off-camera announcer's voice came blasting out off the set, painfully loud.

The music was growing louder with every second, much louder than an old Victrola could ever have made it; in fact, painfully loud.

A sound which causes no discomfort to normal ears may seem unpleasant or painfully loud.

One of the trademarks of Swans' early period was playing at painfully loud volumes during concerts and the police would stop shows.

Worse, though the yellow walls and wood paneling are attractive, they do nothing to dampen the sound: the room can be painfully loud.

The painfully loud noises cut out suddenly and she allowed herself to relax slightly.

Chapel heard an echoing, painfully loud clatter along the ceiling grid.

I've seen it myself: no matter what the volume setting, the iPaq blares at a painfully loud level.

The noise was like thunder, painfully loud but somehow indistinct.

In the awkward silence, the clang of metal seemed painfully loud.