ache for
Example Sentences
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You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Our hearts ache for the 24 innocent souls we have lost," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
Regardless of the evil the Captain's paranoia and self-doubt drives him to do, you may still ache for him in the end, proving "The Sympathizer" successfully wins us over to its cause.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024
“But my wife’s and my hearts ache for our kids still there.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
There is a part of me that wants to be lost, that struggles to join my parents and Will so that I don’t have to ache for them anymore.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
