Examples of backache in a Sentence
a patient suffering from backache
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This condition, called diastasis recti, can cause ongoing abdominal pain and backache long after delivery.
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Forty-somethings looking for a stay near nature without the backache of sleeping in a tent?
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Fluid moves differently in the body while in space, leading many crew members to feel stuffy, for example, or to experience headaches and backaches.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
This condition, called diastasis recti, can cause ongoing abdominal pain and backache long after delivery.
—Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026
Forty-somethings looking for a stay near nature without the backache of sleeping in a tent?
—Jenny Willden, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Fluid moves differently in the body while in space, leading many crew members to feel stuffy, for example, or to experience headaches and backaches.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for backache
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“Backache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backache. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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backache
noun
back·ache
ˈbak-ˌāk 
: pain usually in the lower back
Medical Definition
backache
noun
back·ache
ˈbak-ˌāk
: a pain in the lower back
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