sore
Example Sentences
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Berlin followed her group, wondering if that was somehow the lesson and she’d have been better off faking a sore throat to video-chat with the impossible boy.
From Literature
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Jane regularly does digit “workouts” and complains her pointers are sore.
"My last one was really sore so I only had three months to train for the European Championships because of the pain."
From BBC
Women’s throats are sore, and their eyes are an unflattering shade of red.
From Los Angeles Times
"My lower back would always be like really sore and really tight. I get a sickness feeling at some points where you feel like you're going to throw up."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.