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ache

[āk]
(medicine)
A constant dull or throbbing pain.
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If she was late, he was impatient; when she had to go, he seemed forlorn; and when the tired head ached worst, she could always soothe him to sleep, crooning the old songs her father used to love.
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His head and arms and shoulders ached, the small of his back ached, - he ached all over, and his brain was heavy and dazed.
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She stretched her strong limbs that ached a little.
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