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ache

[eyk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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And my arms and legs were still aching from the heavy sugarloaf I carried all the way from Mr. Lloyd’s general store.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

A couple of days later, she started to feel body aches and a bit “shaky.”

From Salon

It is his new normal, along with the daily blackouts, the failing healthcare system, the trash piled high along the streets, and his aching joints from the mosquito-borne illnesses that have plagued the island.

From The Wall Street Journal

That brief explanation understandably underplays the aching sadness that smoulders under the surface of his songs.

From BBC