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feeling or showing anger promise not to get sore if I tell you what I really think of your new hairstyle?

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sore

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adverb

sore

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noun

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Recent Examples of sore
Adjective
Severe cases could trigger leg sores known as ulcers. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025 According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms of this cancer include persistent sores, pain, difficulty swallowing or chewing and changes in speech. Jordan Greene, People.com, 18 July 2025
Adverb
Ziggy's commitment to kids could be a sore spot for his own six children, however. M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025 Even with a relatively small sample size, the anomaly stuck out like a giant, red, throbbing sore thumb — a favorite gag in animation. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
Goldschmidt’s Back Paul Goldschmidt (sore back) received treatment on Tuesday after exiting Monday’s game early. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025 Overall, the Bear Elite Hybrid is a solid pick for sleepers who wake up sore in the lower back area, thanks to the bed’s high-gauge support coils in the center of the bed that hold up the lumbar area. Kells McPhillips, SELF, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for sore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sore
Adjective
  • In this aching, unorthodox historical drama, Davies tells the story of the pacifist poet and veteran Siegfried Sassoon, whose experiences fighting in the First World War forever transformed him.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Braxton shares an aching need to be vulnerable only to realize by album’s end that such unions can result in horrible betrayal, her words of lament surrounded by swelling, lush orchestration.
    Clarence A. Haynes July 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • But Newsom seems to have found his footing nationally by catering to angry anti-Trump Democrats, his conciliatory remarks in the aftermath of Kirk’s shooting notwithstanding.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For example, long wait times, high prices and confusing models have left people angry with the car sales industry.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Nicole Kidman adds just the right amount of menace as a villainous taxidermist, but the heart of the movie lies in its celebration of kindness, decency and family—values that feel refreshingly radical in our cynical times.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • And there is often an expectation of escapism in romance that precludes dealing realistically with money — or, for big media blockbusters, a cynical assumption that audiences won't enjoy a romcom which also takes the logistics of life seriously.
    Chelsea Fagan, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • But there’s also darkness in Cherry’s past, including an ex-boyfriend who has either terribly wronged her or been terribly wronged by her.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And what if that fight didn’t go terribly well?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common vein condition, the White House said in July, after photos showed visible swelling in his legs and bruising on his right hand.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Do not ignore the pain and swelling.
    Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Respiratory papillomas are wart-like growths on the vocal cords and trachea.
    Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The hornlike growths on the rabbits are wart-like tumors caused by the Shope papillomavirus, according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Now supposedly dying from some terminal illness, Julian has gone total hermit mode inside of his cluttered London apartment, where the walls are festooned with the relics of his success and the backrooms are a junk pile of painful memories.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Dig a little deeper by comparing your top three financial goals and sharing your most painful and joyous money memories.
    Mary Clements Evans, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has been documenting off-kilter American politics since before the 2020 election, but the recent interview on his Channel 5 web show with an indignant Hunter Biden caught wide attention.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But Hunter speaks with the indignant passion of someone who made nearly $1.5 million selling his art during his father’s campaign and the early years of his administration.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 23 July 2025

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