ache
Example Sentences
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“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
"I'm at a loss and ache on behalf of our former president," one woman told the BBC.
From BBC • Feb. 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
The wait for Pa made my muscles ache.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.