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Example Sentences

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Jeers to Breeze Airways and Royal Caribbean for achingly slow wheelchair service on the same trip.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

The achingly slow pitch at a club ground is probably not the best preparation for playing at the Optus.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

The film is both funny and achingly sad; difficult to get a handle on, as grief so often is.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

My throat starts to swell, and I look away, and when I finally look back, Willem is still holding my eyes, appropriately polite and achingly concerned.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse