ache
Example Sentences
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She wants GPs better trained to recognise symptoms sooner, and more research into the condition, stressing it is "not as simple as just having a tummy ache here and there".
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
“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
“Calle Málaga,” written with Touzani’s husband Nabil Ayouch, is not a passive narrative, though, merely content with the internalized ache of acceptance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
Two months before her race, she felt a nagging ache on the inside of her calf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
All he could feel was the ache in his chest.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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