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ache

[eyk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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I told the farmworkers how after only two days of work last week, my lower back and my forearms ached.

From Los Angeles Times

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

He had toiled at car washes the whole time — crouching to scrub tires, stretching to dry roofs and returning home each night with aching heels and knots in his neck.

From Los Angeles Times

And then, at the farmers market, a friendly vendor was talking to another regular about their aches and pains.

From Los Angeles Times

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