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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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
Despite the backaches, headaches, high blood pressure, shortness of breath, sweating and various other physical manifestations from Clarke’s manifestation of the Murdaugh family patriarch, Jason was never going to actually catch up to Alex on the scale.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
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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
Despite the backaches, headaches, high blood pressure, shortness of breath, sweating and various other physical manifestations from Clarke’s manifestation of the Murdaugh family patriarch, Jason was never going to actually catch up to Alex on the scale.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Backache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backache. Accessed 12 Mar. 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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