as in tingle
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
a dull pounding ache in his head
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Recent Examples of ache
Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Symptoms are akin to getting the flu: body aches, fever, abdominal pain.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
In this week’s PEOPLE, the star, 44, reveals how making new music in Nashville helped heal her aching heart – and shares the tunes that inspired the rediscovery of her own voice.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Within the first four or so days, infected people will experience fatigue, fever, and muscle aches.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Symptoms are akin to getting the flu: body aches, fever, abdominal pain.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
In the end, a Germany aching for stability and reform need not look to new parties but to a familiar and trusted model.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
In this week’s PEOPLE, the star, 44, reveals how making new music in Nashville helped heal her aching heart – and shares the tunes that inspired the rediscovery of her own voice.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ache
Noun
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That tingle of anxiety will become an old friend, and the feeling of having triumphed over fear will become equally familiar, if not more familiar, than the fear itself.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Feeling that glimpse, at my luckiest moments, as an electric tingle racing the length of my spine.—
Leath Tonino,
Outside Online,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Weak sales have hurt the value of Tesla shares, which had climbed 91% after Election Day, peaking just before Christmas, as investors anticipated Musk and his electric car company would be big winners in Donald Trump’s second term.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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One person has been physically hurt — a worshipper who suffered burns in a fire that was set at a Melbourne synagogue in December.—
TIME,
TIME,
10 Mar. 2025
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Rosie O'Donnell encourages Americans to 'protect your sanity' Although the Emmy-winning host has been enjoying the warm reception from her Irish neighbors, O'Donnell also shared the pangs of homesickness she's been experiencing.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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There’s a romantic pang to these characters not quite reaching their full potential.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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An idiosyncratic personal reckoning with the recent death of his mother that gradually expands to take in the perspectives of his kith and kin, the film has the busy, varied emotional intensity of many a family gathering: pained one minute, uproarious the next.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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Fans of football surely are both thrilled and pained at this matchup.—
Hannah Vanbiber,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Much like government employees being cut from the system, teachers and unions nationwide could feel the sting.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Our community’s outpouring of support definitely tempered the sting of what happened that morning.—
Kimberly Wargo,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Migraines commonly cause dizziness, nausea, throbbing pain on one side of the head and increased sensitivity to light.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
21 Feb. 2025
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Wrist and arm pain: Carpal tunnel syndrome causes throbbing or burning pain in the wrists, certain fingers, and hands.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Ache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ache. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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