backache

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Recent Examples of backache Before getting her period, your daughter may experience mood changes, headaches, cramps, or backache. Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025 Researchers found that for people with a history of backache, participating in a walking program stretched out the time between back pain episodes from 112 to 208 days. Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Feb. 2025 Tylenol can be used to treat a few different conditions, such as: mild to moderate pain, fever, headaches, muscle aches, toothaches, backaches, colds, and discomfort from a vaccine, says Walia. Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 Everything seems to cause a headache and a backache! R29 Team, refinery29.com, 3 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for backache
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backache
Noun
  • The fight over transit funding is just one part of a bigger headache—Pennsylvania’s budget is more than nine weeks late.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Symptoms of Chagas disease include fever, fatigue, body aches, headache, rash, loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, and eyelid swelling.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cloves, a common household spice, have long been used as a home remedy for toothache and other forms of pain.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Depending on the cause of your toothache, other symptoms may include bleeding gums, loose teeth, pain in other parts of your face, bad breath, and fever.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Symptoms of Chagas disease include fever, fatigue, body aches, headache, rash, loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, and eyelid swelling.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fanning — a young performer long admired for her precision and emotional intelligence on screen — brings a quiet ache and layered restraint to the role.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Tarnopolsky notes that downing creatine alongside a small portion of food may help prevent any stomachaches.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Red flags include sudden withdrawal from friends, avoiding school, or frequent stress complaints like headaches and stomachaches.
    Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Symptoms, called a gallbladder attack or biliary colic, often start after eating a big meal or during the night or evening.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 11 June 2025
  • The rare photo of Aurora that accompanied the revelation that the newborn has colic came after Blanchard shared side-by-side photos to highlight her weight loss transformation.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Shortly after, Bom, of Germany, also developed a sore throat and earache too.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
  • Common symptoms are a persistent sore throat, earache, hoarseness, and a lump in the throat or neck.
    Sayaka Blickenderfer, Health, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • After all, who wants to feel the pangs of self-doubt, anxiety, or chronic stress?
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Poor people know the intimate, badgering pangs of hunger, but in Ireland, the memory of the 1845-1848 Famine—the Great Hunger, when one million died from starvation and disease, and another million emigrated—still aches.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Psychological safety isn’t about eliminating discomfort.
    Kiran Mann, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The mom in the video is using steam to relieve discomfort directly through the ear canal.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Backache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backache. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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