1
: that aches
an aching back
2
: causing or reflecting distress, deep emotion, or longing
aching country ballads
Examples of aching in a Sentence
another one of those aching country songs about a woman who done him wrong
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Somebody Somewhere is tiny: a gorgeous, introspective, intimate story about a woman with devastatingly mundane problems whose chief obstacle is her own aching sense of grief and dislocation.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
In this novel about the shape-shifting nature of love, Parsons captures Kit’s grief in aching and honest terms.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Vail’s spaghetti-Western instincts are ever present in 100 Cowboys, but beyond the uptempo pop-rock sound is an aching, earnest excavation of love gone wrong.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024
This type of pain can be described as anything from sharp and throbbing to dull and aching.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 10 July 2024
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
In this novel about the shape-shifting nature of love, Parsons captures Kit’s grief in aching and honest terms.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Vail’s spaghetti-Western instincts are ever present in 100 Cowboys, but beyond the uptempo pop-rock sound is an aching, earnest excavation of love gone wrong.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024
This type of pain can be described as anything from sharp and throbbing to dull and aching.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 10 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for aching
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“Aching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aching. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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