ache
Example Sentences
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"We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home."
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
“Calle Málaga,” written with Touzani’s husband Nabil Ayouch, is not a passive narrative, though, merely content with the internalized ache of acceptance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
A dream run is over, and a familiar ache has returned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
The audience has been steadily aging as well, feeling every ache that the decade between the show’s first season and the present has inflicted.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
My heart raced, but the ache in my lungs lifted.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.