ache

"It's tough work... the hardest part is carrying the seaweed back. It's very heavy and your shoulders ache afterwards."

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Gnawing, almost unbearable heartbreak acts as the catalyst for a layered analysis of the ways humans — or, in the case of “The Sheep Detectives,” humans and their woolly friends — ache to forget.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

In retrospect, taken collectively, much of McCarthy’s work as an actor, filmmaker and journalist hinges on the friendship motif — that primordial ache to belong, that yearning to be seen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

In men, those white blood cells are more likely to produce a pain-resolving molecule that can quickly quell the ache, according to a recent study in the journal Science Immunology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

And this thought makes my heart ache with loneliness.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

These include repeatedly waking up throughout the night to relieve himself and "stomach aches real bad".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Others will experience mild symptoms such as fever, body aches and nausea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The researchers emphasized that their work focuses only on serious muscle disorders that result in hospital admission or death, not the milder muscle aches and pains that some people experience.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026

Officials said they are monitoring all cruise passengers for flulike symptoms like fever, body aches, dizziness, cough, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

He misses his family terribly, so terribly he aches.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

She wrote that her heart ached most looking at a poster her three children made when they were young.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Before Edward and Bella took over the world, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” viewers ached for David Boreanaz’s Angel and James Marsters’ Spike, centuries-old bros who fall for a very special high school blonde.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

Those ached more than stung and left me completely voiceless for the following 24 hours.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

He was tired and his body ached, he says, but the boss was “mean” and ordered him to get back to work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

Sadako’s heart ached to see her mother’s face so lined with worry.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

Injuries and exhaustion have him aching to retire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

My feet were still aching when I boarded my flight home the next day.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

My knee was aching, likely a callback to surgery at 16 to repair torn ligaments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Markets finally got the cease-fire they have been aching for, and the subsequent relief rally was fast, furious, and jubilant—no matter that the truce is temporary and fragile.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

Anya struggled to the shore, shivering and aching all over.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack