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as in sore
causing or feeling bodily pain
my poor, aching back
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as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
another one of those aching country songs about a woman who done him wrong
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as in hurting
to feel or cause physical pain
my feet ache from all that walking
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Recent Examples of aching
Ron Elving, NPR, 15 June 2024
Adding an aching left arm to the mix made the already laborious task even more of a hassle in the biggest moment of the season’s most important game.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
For anyone aching to start the holiday season early, Clay Aiken is here to deliver tidings of comfort and joy.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Whether the media of our time are meeting that need is an open and aching question.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 15 June 2024
Adding an aching left arm to the mix made the already laborious task even more of a hassle in the biggest moment of the season’s most important game.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Verb
In my suite, the bathroom’s heated marble floor soothed my aching feet.
—Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
For anyone aching to start the holiday season early, Clay Aiken is here to deliver tidings of comfort and joy.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aching
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By day, hit the powder, then relieve sore muscles at the spa.Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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How a sore foot can throw a person’s entire perspective out of whack.The Know, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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This lightweight trail runner is designed to slide on like a sock, eliminating painful pressure points and decreasing the possibility of blisters.Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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These punishments are especially painful since North Korea’s economy has been severely strained by international sanctions, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic mismanagement.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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That undoubtedly contributes to the mournful feeling that has enveloped Númenor, which is still dealing with the death of King Tar-Palantir and the fallout of Mount Doom’s eruption, including Míriel’s loss of sight.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Soon a mournful blue light would rise over the islands in the sea.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Monét began her tweet with five heartbroken emojis.Anna Chan, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Animal lovers have been left heartbroken by a dog who has already been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her young life.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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The deceased who are buried at the site would likely have been burnt on funeral pyres.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The funeral banner features a typical mix of Lebanese faces, making up three generations of a Shiite Muslim family that lived for decades in this predominantly Christian area north of Beirut.Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
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That will come as a bitter blow to the workers affected.The Week UK, theweek, 10 Nov. 2024
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In a bitter twist of fate, Trump made these remarks about Xi on the day that Liu Xiaobo died.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Aching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aching. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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