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Example Sentences

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However, the process has been opaque and achingly slow, and many farmers have refused the new deal.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

“What had been incredibly futuristic and achingly modern just moments ago,” he writes, “had transitioned to something almost banal within the space of a single ride.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

The songs on “Pets Sounds” were achingly beautiful and introspective.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

The subsequent expedition is filled with offbeat personalities who help Hernandez and Stephens construct their myth, before poking the bricks out one by one, in ways both droll and achingly sad.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

Finally, he was achingly certain that Gower had forgotten him.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig