ached

They think about the mixed martial arts workouts at a West Hollywood gym where they grappled, wrestled and tackled until their lungs burned and muscles ached.

But then Ford thinks about the three years he lost working his way back from injury and how much he ached to just play football then, and, for however long, those feelings melt away.

Again and again, as my forearms trembled and my fingers ached, my feet slipped on the mercilessly smooth granite.

He was somewhat disfigured from surgery for cancer, and he told me his foot ached because he was standing for so many hours every day keeping an eye on the self-checkout counters.

“I just I ached. I mean, it hurt. You know, I just felt so bad. Even though I didn’t know him, I loved him,” Kennedy said.