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
Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
Try taking over-the-counter (OTC) medications: OTC medications such as Tylenol (acetaminophen) and Advil or Motrin (ibuprofen) may relieve low-grade fever symptoms like head and body aches.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 5 May 2025
Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025
Protecting our heart from breaking or aching puts tension into the chest area.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Noun
Slowly the night dragged on as my thoughts, aches, and fever kept me company.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
Try taking over-the-counter (OTC) medications: OTC medications such as Tylenol (acetaminophen) and Advil or Motrin (ibuprofen) may relieve low-grade fever symptoms like head and body aches.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 5 May 2025
Verb
Since Madison’s passing, an aching silence has taken root in the hearts of all who knew her — family, friends and the thousands who followed her journey on social media.
—Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025
Protecting our heart from breaking or aching puts tension into the chest area.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ache
Noun
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The product glides on smooth like butter and leaves behind a faint cooling tingle.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
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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
Verb
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Manu diving can hurt The researchers caution that the manu maneuver is not only difficult but can be risky and painful.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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But potential changes to trade privileges would hurt them Strydom was part of Orania’s delegation to the US in late March to push for this goal.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Then, the protein boosts alertness, supports stable energy levels, and staves off hunger pangs for longer.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
8 Apr. 2025
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Dalton feels a pang when the hare bounds past the garden wall.—
Alexandra Alter,
New York Times,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Things got worse after the emergence of Covid, which ground global trade to a halt and exposed how much the United States, and the rest of the world, needed China for everything from surgical masks to pain medicines.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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The brutal coincidence for the Cavs on Tuesday night: While Haliburton fought through injury to be the hero, Cleveland was missing three of its key players to pain tolerance injuries.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Listen to this article 2 min Kyle Snyder, an Olympic gold medalist and recent signee of Real American Freestyle, was arrested in a prostitution sting in Ohio on Friday, police said.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2025
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Fitzgerald should return soon enough, but his absence stings for a team jockeying for position with the Dodgers, Padres and Diamondbacks.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Verb
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President Trump, some of his cabinet members and his adviser Elon Musk sat ringside in Miami late Saturday night at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event — a spectacle of violence, throbbing music and cheering crowds that the president has long admired.—
Maggie Haberman,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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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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“Ache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ache. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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