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Example Sentences

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The way he bit his lip, the nervous but hopeful expression, the searching green eyes: he was so achingly familiar.

From Literature

I was aching all over to have Papa go with me to look for the monkey, but I knew it wouldn’t do any good to ask him.

From Literature

Fighting back tears, the NBC host said in an Instagram video that they are "aching" for Nancy Guthrie, who is suspected to have been abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona.

From BBC

There is also a feeling Maguire is happy in his surroundings too - that he is settled with his family in the north-west and has no aching desire to start again somewhere else just yet.

From BBC

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

From Barron's