ache

Example Sentences

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He had never caused such a commotion before, not even the night last week when his ear ached and he cried for a whole hour.

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Pa told me aching arms were a good sign; they meant your muscles were growing.

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

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The shrieks and shouts began to fade, but Jeremy ran on until his aching lungs finally forced him to slow to a jog, then a walk.

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Why should pizzas be on the way when she already had a refrigerator bursting with food and the boy had gone to school so many days with his stomach rumbling, his head aching?

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