ache

Example Sentences

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That mix of discouragement and discontent surfaced repeatedly, like a dull ache, in conversations with dozens of voters across the San Gabriel Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

"We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

A dream run is over, and a familiar ache has returned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

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 • Nov. 24, 2025

Mo had been my world, and the day he'd died, all the memories, all the great moments, had turned into an ache that still lingered.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda