ache
Example Sentences
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She wants GPs better trained to recognise symptoms sooner, and more research into the condition, stressing it is "not as simple as just having a tummy ache here and there".
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
“Though our hearts ache, we take comfort in God’s promise and in knowing he is finally at peace,” Mary Cosby wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
That she is the mother of one of morning TV’s most beloved personalities adds an ache to our empathy.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
Put another way, the artworks in “Duet” express an age-old ache: to remember.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
It made the boy’s insides ache, but in a strangely nice way, like how it felt to hold a kitten.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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