Definitions

1. rare A variant spelling of aitch.

2. obsolete Parsley.

3. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

4. A longing or desire.

5. A dull, steady pain. synonym: pain.

6. A painful sorrow.

7. Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. “Such an ache in my bones.”

8. Pain of some duration, in opposition to sudden twinges or spasmodic pain; a continued dull or heavy pain, as in toothache or earache.

9. Synonyms See pain, n., and agony.

10. A name of garden-parsley, Petroselinum sativum.

11. intransitive To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

12. To suffer pain; have or be in pain, or in continued pain; be distressed physically: as, his whole body ached.

13. To yearn or long.

14. To suffer a dull, sustained pain.

15. To feel sympathy or compassion.

16. To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

Examples

1. His body aches and he admits that he has good days and bad ones.

2. Are you bothered by nagging aches and pains?

3. They also help if the veins ache or cause swollen ankles.

4. It tells other passengers that you would very much like a seat so you can rest your swollen ankles or aching back.

5. A dull ache or sharp pain in this area?

6. I spend the afternoon wallowing in the tub, feeling the aches of physical exertion melt away.

7. Seeing him at the business we had grown made my heart physically ache, but I took the pain out on the weight machines.

8. Your body aches and your skin hurts to touch.

9. Your legs will be aching but your heart will be singing.

10. My neck has seized up and my back aches.

11. This aching pain feels exactly the same as it did on the day she was taken.

12. They were very shaken and suffering aches and pains.

13. They can upset your tummy and some people find they cause muscle aches.

14. My heart and body ache for her when we are not together.

15. His proposed business was flogging office chairs that healed back ache.

16. She found ache caused by the eased up.

17. For their return is the bed sweet to the soul and body that ache for their return.

18. The result is a dull ache in your chest which may spread to your jaw or left arm.

19. The dull ache of no post when others had letters from home or a sweetheart was hard to endure.

20. It was like a constant ache.

21. It can neck ache, stiffness and at the back of the head.

22. The salts will soothe away aches and pains, too.

23. He rubbed his aching neck; he coughed and swallowed back his vomit.

24. I lay there feeling the aches depart from my bruised flesh.

25. Heat is proven to boost your happy hormones as well as ease away muscle aches, so a hot bath is a part of the home spa experience.

26. My back and hips were beginning to ache from the unforgiving concrete pressing against them.

27. This was news to me - I just thought I had lower back-ache from the new bed.

28. A cradle, to wrap myself in him on nights when the ache is unbearable and I feel as if I will bleed him.

29. This should be our shared burden, one that we manage, in part, by acknowledging that we both ache from the strain and and that we both buckle, sometimes, from the weight.

30. Our legs were already starting to ache from the hard slog downhill all day.

31. His brow was moist with sweat and he could feel his muscles ache from the balance of solid ground.

32. The joy of new experiences, the difficulty of learning Spanish (which I'll never accomplish with any degree of fluency), discovering a totally new culture, and dealing with the problems of living here all make my brain ache, but also keep it active.

33. ‘She got out of bed, her body protesting with aches and stiffness.’

34. ‘He tried to sit up but the aches in his body made him lie back flat on the bed.’

35. ‘We listened to more Berber wisdom; their main cure, apart from the garlic, being the wonderment of first pressing olive oil for everything from backache to stomach aches.’

36. ‘It is also, apparently, good for easing muscular aches and has mentally stimulating properties.’

37. ‘You may first feel like you have flu symptoms: fever, chills, and body aches.’

38. ‘His nightmares, insomnia, poor memory, fatigue, and irascibility became worse, and he developed headaches, musculoskeletal aches, and dyspepsia.’

39. ‘If your teenage child complains day in and day out of various aches, pains, headaches and tiredness, don't always blow them off and assume they just don't want to go to school.’

40. ‘Stresses and strains usually manifest on a subtle level at first - tension headaches, fatigue, muscular aches, disturbed sleep etc.’

41. ‘These reactions may include muscle aches, joint aches, chills, low-grade fever, decreased appetite, headaches, nausea and swollen glands.’

42. ‘Other symptoms may include headache, an overall feeling of discomfort, and body aches.’

43. ‘It is no secret that the aches and pains from a day exerting one's self in the garden can resemble the muscle fatigue and aches that can be generated while playing sport.’

44. ‘Those who contract the virus and do show symptoms typically suffer from mild fever and head and body aches.’

45. ‘By some estimates, half of the patients doctors see for various common body aches are actually expressing psychological distress through physical pain.’

46. ‘Had any twinges, aches, discombobulations lately, or even an angry tooth?’

47. ‘She can work on the body, relieving it of stress, aches and pain.’

48. ‘Also, 90% of the children are prone to respiratory disorders, damaged sight, tuberculosis and chronic body aches.’

49. ‘Symptoms of influenza differ from the common cold and can consist of fever with chills, fatigue, generalized muscle and body aches, headache, cough and sore throat.’

50. ‘They reckon that the aches, pains and illnesses that now afflict the fortysomethings will be unknown to this new generation until they're in their 70s.’

51. ‘Signs of West Nile illness include severe headaches, rashes and body aches.’

52. ‘I felt a painful ache in my chest and my air was getting cut off.’

53. ‘But surprisingly to her, the painful ache in her heart did not come, nor did tears well up in her eyes.’

54. ‘And now there is an intense ache where he was, where he would have been in all these things.’

55. ‘It's more brazen, more shot through with the raw ache of relationships and the nakedness of emotional experience.’

56. ‘Time reduces the ache and discomfort while memory renders the emotion denser and purer.’

57. ‘Beth watched the pair of them, father and son, the scene evoking an ache of tenderness in her.’

58. ‘It is regularly derided as one of the worst songs in musical history, but it still gives me a lump in my throat and an ache in my heart.’

59. ‘She supposed she had to be happy for him, despite the ache in her heart.’

60. ‘At the end you want to rush out of the theatre into the sunshine, raise your arms to the heavens and wait for lightning to strike you, just to relieve the ache in your heart.’

61. ‘Kent endured the bitter ache of wanting to say something to Charles for a very long time.’

62. ‘An immigrant arriving today would feel the ache of nostalgia less because there are so many celebrations here now.’

63. ‘There's a sense of nostalgia, an indefinable ache, that crystallises the artist's repertoire at a certain point in time.’

64. ‘Her smile of ecstasy vanished, and she felt an empty ache in her heart.’

65. ‘Her hand was throbbing painfully, but it was nothing compared to the ache in her heart.’

66. ‘Wilson arouses a tender ache in the heart at the dreadful prospect of all the losses through exploitation; and then changes his approach in proposing a solution.’

67. ‘The painful ache of regrets and bygones slowly fade into a mixture of brandy and honey.’

68. ‘It seemed then a meager justification for manipulating my little brain and heart, yet an ache for wild beauty does command me.’

69. ‘Their death always leaves an ache in the heart which can take a long time to heal.’

70. ‘Unhappy endings linger in your mind, leaving an ache in your heart and a problem to resolve.’

71. ‘I think of Gail and, at once, as painful ache in my chest materialises.’

72. ‘No tears had fallen and there was still a deep ache in my heart.’

73. ‘By now I was bed-bound, unable to think straight, aching continually with what appeared to be a consistent low-grade flu.’

74. ‘His chest muscles ached and he continued to pant.’

75. ‘When you wake up, you're in pain, aching all over, your eyes are stinging from the light and you're hungry.’

76. ‘She was experiencing headaches, severe back and rib pain and pretty much ached from head to toe.’

77. ‘Then we walked back to Hall, which was well over 3 miles mainly uphill: no wonder my feet are aching!’

78. ‘My back was aching, my legs were going nerve-dead, and every last bit of energy in me was drained.’

79. ‘All the muscles in my legs are aching, some six hours after finishing, which can't be good.’

80. ‘Our legs were beginning to ache so we decided to call it a day.’

81. ‘But these classes seem to exhaust me and my feet ache like mad, half way through the class I start to feel sick.’

82. ‘My ears ache, my legs ache, when I lie down my head fills up with liquid.’

83. ‘My wife is still very sore, she's very distressed, her cheekbone is aching.’

84. ‘By the time I got home this past Saturday night I had a fever and ached all over as if something evil had infected me.’

85. ‘My knees ache, my legs are in a tangle, and every inch of my untoned body feels as if it has been put through a vigorous exercise routine.’

86. ‘When my back starts to ache, I'll carry my laptop downstairs and work standing up on the counter in my kitchen.’

87. ‘Annie's head ached, her ribs hurt from coughing, and the simple act of craning her neck to peer through a clear spot on the windshield made her dizzy.’

88. ‘I was coughing, and my right arm was aching.’

89. ‘She is talking up a storm and making my stomach ache with laughter.’

90. ‘That had been less than a year ago, and Inger's tender heart ached for the child's obvious yearning for comfort.’

91. ‘He heart ached for his life and the sadness she felt was far deeper than the pain in her leg or arm.’

92. ‘Cameron's heart ached for this poor girl; she looked so hurt when she talked about it.’

93. ‘Even though it was inevitable, her heart still ached for him.’

94. ‘My heart ached for him as I heard the desperation in his voice.’

95. ‘Mona's heart ached for her mother - why couldn't she see that all these boyfriends weren't helping her at all?’

96. ‘His heart ached for her, and he wanted so much to protect her.’

97. ‘My heart ached for the poor girl, but it was, after all, her fault.’

98. ‘My heart ached for both Jake and Gracie and it was getting to me.’

99. ‘Background information on the astronauts filtered in, and your heart ached for the families of those who were lost.’

100. ‘His face was all red, his lip was bleeding and my heart ached for him.’

101. ‘His heart ached for her immediately; he didn't mean to let her feel this way.’

102. ‘My heart has ached for these helpless mothers and for the little unwelcome babes when I have taken them into my arms.’

103. ‘Everyone in the building could see that that woman was dying, and my heart ached for Valentine and her family.’

104. ‘Jack winced, and my heart ached for him, knowing what was going through his head.’

105. ‘The effect is not just to make you ache with sadness at what these women have undergone.’

106. ‘His insides aching with sadness, Arthur did as she'd requested and then perched on the edge of his aunt's bed.’

107. ‘Our hearts ache, we count the days, we weep with her family, sharing their pain and sorrow.’

108. ‘Most of all, my soul is aching with pain and disbelief.’

109. ‘But while his wife, manager and supporters ached with pain when he was given another red card, the rest of us secretly shrieked with delight.’

110. ‘Although she ached with desire for him, Krystal was glad she would have time to plan the perfect romantic evening for them.’

111. ‘The familiar feelings of longing returned, and his heart ached for her.’

112. ‘How long her heart had ached for a hand to hold, for someone to call her own.’

113. ‘Sometimes my heart ached for England, but I knew that if I ever returned there again, my life would not be the same.’

114. ‘Clare, who ached for her new - and very sick and needy - baby, was restricted to seeing Luke for two hours a day.’

115. ‘Her heart ached for him in a way it never had or would for Dorian.’

116. ‘After all, she ached for him when they spent all those months apart.’

117. ‘Having golfed for a week in Scotland the week before I was aching to play.’

118. ‘Anthea has not been on the television for years so is aching to get back into the limelight.’

119. ‘I ached to be back with him and, after weeks of pleading, I agreed to give our marriage another go.’

120. ‘The new album is full of songs that we've been aching to play live since we finished recording, so April can't come around soon enough for us.’

121. ‘We were aching with a desire to see a winner.’

122. She had a terrible ache on her leg