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Recent Examples of achy Shot in black and white, this portrait of a people is affecting and achy. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025 Remember to pack an all-weather wardrobe (including rain gear) and plenty of golf balls, as well as the menthol salve of your choice for achy joints. David Weiss, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 Soak away your worries and achy muscles in a steamy bath and let the minerals from these natural waters work their magic. Christina Liao, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025 The result is stiff fingers and wrists, achy joints and tennis or golf elbow — painful, inflamed tendons — among other conditions. Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for achy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achy
Adjective
  • Asking for fairness One lingering sore spot around remote work is the disparity between different state workers.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
  • While the senior agents are reluctant to grant Nina’s request, the Saxton case has become a sore spot for the bureau.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Somebody Somewhere is tiny: a gorgeous, introspective, intimate story about a woman with devastatingly mundane problems whose chief obstacle is her own aching sense of grief and dislocation.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In this novel about the shape-shifting nature of love, Parsons captures Kit’s grief in aching and honest terms.
    Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The alternative — a world in which the United States and China no longer engage in trade — could be economically painful and destabilizing.
    Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • Appearance: The condition starts as small, extremely painful blisters on your shins (and sometimes your arms).
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 9 May 2025

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“Achy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achy. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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