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Example Sentences

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Now, what tired, achy, occasionally dyspeptic middle-aged person doesn’t like the sound of that?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

"Even if I can't play football again, even if I can't go for a run again, I don't want to have a dull, achy pain in my chest."

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

I liken this to waiting in line for a rollercoaster: Hours of anticipation and achy legs for a three-minute rush.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025

The result is stiff fingers and wrists, achy joints and tennis or golf elbow — painful, inflamed tendons — among other conditions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

And achy from the shaking of The Beast.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads