1
as in sore
causing or feeling bodily pain
my poor, aching back
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2
as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
another one of those aching country songs about a woman who done him wrong
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as in hurting
to feel or cause physical pain
my feet ache from all that walking
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Ron Elving, NPR, 15 June 2024
Adding an aching left arm to the mix made the already laborious task even more of a hassle in the biggest moment of the season’s most important game.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
While the jacket describes this as a thriller, my sense of it was of a calm, compassionate clarity, smooth and aching, animating its three core points of view.
—Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
An unmarked storefront is home to a recording studio built by a son of Hal David, who, with Burt Bacharach, wrote aching, romantic pop ballads for Dionne Warwick.
—Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
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Whether the media of our time are meeting that need is an open and aching question.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 15 June 2024
Adding an aching left arm to the mix made the already laborious task even more of a hassle in the biggest moment of the season’s most important game.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
While the jacket describes this as a thriller, my sense of it was of a calm, compassionate clarity, smooth and aching, animating its three core points of view.
—Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
An unmarked storefront is home to a recording studio built by a son of Hal David, who, with Burt Bacharach, wrote aching, romantic pop ballads for Dionne Warwick.
—Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
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“Aching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aching. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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