Yes. We use it quite regularly in the past tense. "My foot has been hurting for three days".

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Dear teachers,
Can we use "hurt" in continuous form like the following example?
My foot is hurting?
Thanks.
Yes. We use it quite regularly in the past tense. "My foot has been hurting for three days".
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
Something to be aware of is a trend that I suspect may have something to do with Am English. In the mid-twentieth century, a British English person would say 'I am in pain' but not' I am hurting'. Today British people, especially young ones, often say they are hurting (in the sense of feeling pain) - particularly when the pain is an emotional one: 'She is still hurting since the break-up'.
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