How to Use ache in a Sentence

ache

1 of 2 verb

• The candy's so sweet that it makes my teeth ache.
• After running the marathon, his body ached for a week.
• Her muscles were aching from shoveling snow.
• But still, in the middle of the night her breasts ached for the child.
  — Lisa Taddeo, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
• The wounds hurt from the inside, were hot to the touch, and the aching burn began to spread.
  — Charlotte Fox Weber, Time, 23 June 2023
• Here’s why your knees might be aching in the first place.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 14 Feb. 2024
• There’s not a day that goes by that my heart doesn’t ache.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2021
• In the three days to come, knees will ache, souls will expand.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 30 June 2022
• Hands, shoulders, and your back all start to ache as the hours tick by.
  — Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 18 May 2020
• For the aching quiet that descended over the past year.
  — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• Our heart aches to lose you, but God gives us strength to carry on.
  — courant.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• If their bodies had ached, wouldn’t a dip in the hot tub relax them?
  — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 27 Feb. 2020
• Evening workout: a blend of cold and hot body jets to soothe aching muscles.
  — Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful, 14 Oct. 2019
• My knees and hips started to ache around Mile Four; my head around Mile Six.
  — Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 27 July 2023
• Sit in any seat long enough and your backside will begin to ache.
  — Beth Nichols, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2022
• By the end of my commute, my muscles had started to ache.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2023
• While the ashes may have settled, our hearts still ache.
  — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
• Her feet ached from her ill-fitting boots, but she was hooked.
  — Jill Cowan Daniel Dorsa, New York Times, 22 May 2023
• The muscles along his thin arms and legs throbbed, his head ached, his stomach was sore.
  — Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• After the first two days of riding, my back started to ache.
  — Wired, 21 July 2022
• The heel just over 3 inches, which provides you with extra height that won’t leave your feet aching by the end of the night.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• Here in the land our forefathers ached for, all of our hopes will be fulfilled.
  — Gal Koplewitz, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2019
• After about three hours, my ears and head started to ache a bit from the pressure of the elastic.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
• Been aching for a trip to Israel but in the era of Roman emperor Tiberius?
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• Your shoulders will hunch forward and your body will ache.
  — Carla Ciccone, The New Yorker, 12 June 2021
• While the weather is warm and your green thumb may be aching, don't start your work on your 2024 garden just yet.
  — The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
• This poem ached to swoon at the skill and ardor laid at her passerine feet.
  — Laura Reece Hogan, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• My heart aches for all the innocent people killed in any war.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
• As the March trial date crept closer, Nicole’s stomach started to ache.
  — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Love affairs, though, often end badly, and this one could leave investors nursing both an aching wallet and a broken heart.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024

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ache

2 of 2 noun

• He had a dull ache in his back from lifting boxes all day.
• But my wife's and my hearts ache for our kids still there.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
• The aches of the city’s growth have been difficult to escape.
  — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• The day after the flood, Muhammad wakes up with an ache in his chest.
  — Kareem Abdulrahman, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• This can cause your breasts to ache because those cells have to stretch out to make room.
  — Kimberly A. Daly, Parents, 21 Aug. 2023
• Hence this ache in our soul that signals to us that life has got to be more.
  — Colby Martin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
• One way to soothe the ache: foods that help with period cramps.
  — Ashley Martens, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• Both types of viruses cause a dry cough, body aches, fever, and runny nose.
  — Sarah Klein, Health, 26 Mar. 2024
• They can be used for hot or cold therapy to soothe aches and pains.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2023
• The most common symptoms of flu are fever, body ache and shaking chills.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• And even though on this night the traditional Jewish meal was held at the home of David's uncle, the ache was the same.
  — Richard Engel, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• The accumulation of black-and-blues and all-over body aches.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2023
• More than anything else, Guardians 3 aches to return to the days when Chris Pratt was a beloved leading man.
  — Vulture, 10 May 2023
• There are weird aches and pains to deal with, and your body is constantly changing.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• But through the aches and pains, late nights and early mornings, the 21-year-old never stops smiling.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Massage guns are an easy solution to get rid of aches and pains.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 Jan. 2024
• To make a hard-working scientist who tells the truth live in fear makes my heart ache for this country.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn't be able to walk half a block.
  — Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2023
• Theo couldn’t understand how Shirlee could be so calm and cool in there: the room smelled strongly of piss, and the watery light from the bulb made Theo’s eyes ache.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• After a 20-minute ride, my hands ache from tightly gripping the handle.
  — WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023
• It is often marked by fevers that come and go, along with nondescript fatigue, chills, and aches and pains.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2023
• If there is a new ache that won’t go away, many will go to a doctor to get some medicine or prevent it from worsening.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• Seeing him like this makes my chest ache, hunched over in just his sweatpants and an athletic tee stretched across the broadness of him.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
• Flying to the beach and all over my city on this lightweight ebike took a lot of the loneliness and ache out of that first pandemic summer.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
• The metallic whirring of helicopters, the flash of flares, the smell of burning after bombs, the taste of fear, the ache of something lost — all of these linger long after the fighting stops.
  — Joao Silva Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• But these flying pests can also carry the West Nile virus, a disease that can cause fever, rash and muscle aches.
  — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
• The brace gave us a nice, snug fit that kept the wrist in a neutral position and relieved the ache from being on the computer all day, The bottom line?
  — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• The most common symptoms of the flu are cough, fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• Molecules of air bumping into my forehead made my head ache.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2024
• For many people, daily aches and pains are just accepted as part of everyday life, but what if this doesn’t have to be your reality?
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024