Ache
noun
A continuous or persistent pain in some part of your body.
I had a terrible ache in my lower back.
Often appears as...
- stomach ache
- tooth ache
noun
A strong desire or longing for something.
She had an ache to travel the world.
Often appears as...
- ache for love
- ache for success
verb
Feel a continuous pain.
My legs were aching after the long hike.
Often appears as...
- aching muscles
- aching joints
verb
Have a strong desire or longing.
She was aching to tell him the news.
Often appears as...
- ache to leave
- ache to be free
noun
A continuous or persistent pain in some part of your body.
I had a terrible ache in my lower back.
Often appears as...
- stomach ache
- tooth ache
noun
A strong desire or longing for something.
She had an ache to travel the world.
Often appears as...
- ache for love
- ache for success
verb
Feel a continuous pain.
My legs were aching after the long hike.
Often appears as...
- aching muscles
- aching joints
verb
Have a strong desire or longing.
She was aching to tell him the news.
Often appears as...
- ache to leave
- ache to be free
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Pro Tip 1/3Body Part Specific
Ache often refers to pain in a specific part of the body rather than general pain.
She had an intense headache.
Pro Tip 2/3Persistent Pain
'Ache' implies a lasting pain, less severe than sharp or sudden pain.
His toothache wouldn't go away.
Pro Tip 3/3Less Intense
Ache is less intense than agony or torment but can be constant.
The dull ache in her shoulder persisted.
Pro Tip 1/3Body Part Specific
Ache often refers to pain in a specific part of the body rather than general pain.
She had an intense headache.
Pro Tip 2/3Persistent Pain
'Ache' implies a lasting pain, less severe than sharp or sudden pain.
His toothache wouldn't go away.
Pro Tip 3/3Less Intense
Ache is less intense than agony or torment but can be constant.
The dull ache in her shoulder persisted.
Pro Tip 1/3Body Part Specific
Ache often refers to pain in a specific part of the body rather than general pain.
She had an intense headache.
Pro Tip 2/3Persistent Pain
'Ache' implies a lasting pain, less severe than sharp or sudden pain.
His toothache wouldn't go away.
Pro Tip 3/3Less Intense
Ache is less intense than agony or torment but can be constant.
The dull ache in her shoulder persisted.
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Our treatment of HIV has...
and my misstep is pretty obvious. I had unprotected sex, and I didn't think much of it. Fast-forward about three weeks, and it felt like I'd been trampled by a herd of wildebeest. The aches in my body were like nothing I have felt before or since.
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Astronaut Mike Massimino...
What happened? You're rubbing your head. Oh, no. Right here is just aching. It is? Yeah, I don't know why. Is it the conversation? Like my brain is just so excited. Your brain is so excited? Yeah. I've never met an astronaut in my life.
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An honest look at the...
seem to just disappear into a black hole. I'm wondering what is to become of me. So far my health has held up, but my body aches -- or is it my spirit? Homeless women used to be invisible to me but I appraise them now with curious eyes,
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How to practice...
It makes us believe that those around us care much less than they actually do. It make us really afraid to reach out, because why set yourself up for rejection and heartache when your heart is already aching more than you can stand?
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What we know (and don't...
allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction, initial symptoms like high temperature, aching, and sore throat resemble those of a typical flu, but quickly escalate to vomiting,
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Learning from smallpox:...
primarily through close, face to face contact, causing fever, aches and rashes. It killed up to 30% of its victims and often left survivors with life-long disfiguring scars. The devastating impact of smallpox was so great
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What it's like to have...
feeling exhausted and in despair. My equally desperate mother would attempt to soothe me and herself by putting on some music. She would play peaceful music to soothe our aching hearts. And we'd lie together on the floor
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The era of higher ideals...
about how I was taking the news that night and of course Bob being Bob he diagnosed it himself his back at ached for a few days he had a low-grade fever he couldn't bring down so he went in for
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How does your brain...
But pain also has a character, like sharp, dull, burning, or aching. What exactly creates these perceptions of pain? Well, when you get hurt, special tissue damage-sensing nerve cells,
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A better way to talk...
We're struck. We are crushed. We swoon. We burn with passion. Love makes us crazy, and it makes us sick. Our hearts ache, and then they break.
Video examples
Our treatment of HIV has...
and my misstep is pretty obvious. I had unprotected sex, and I didn't think much of it. Fast-forward about three weeks, and it felt like I'd been trampled by a herd of wildebeest. The aches in my body were like nothing I have felt before or since.
Video examples
Astronaut Mike Massimino...
What happened? You're rubbing your head. Oh, no. Right here is just aching. It is? Yeah, I don't know why. Is it the conversation? Like my brain is just so excited. Your brain is so excited? Yeah. I've never met an astronaut in my life.
Video examples
An honest look at the...
seem to just disappear into a black hole. I'm wondering what is to become of me. So far my health has held up, but my body aches -- or is it my spirit? Homeless women used to be invisible to me but I appraise them now with curious eyes,
Video examples
How to practice...
It makes us believe that those around us care much less than they actually do. It make us really afraid to reach out, because why set yourself up for rejection and heartache when your heart is already aching more than you can stand?
Video examples
What we know (and don't...
allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction, initial symptoms like high temperature, aching, and sore throat resemble those of a typical flu, but quickly escalate to vomiting,
Video examples
Learning from smallpox:...
primarily through close, face to face contact, causing fever, aches and rashes. It killed up to 30% of its victims and often left survivors with life-long disfiguring scars. The devastating impact of smallpox was so great
Video examples
What it's like to have...
feeling exhausted and in despair. My equally desperate mother would attempt to soothe me and herself by putting on some music. She would play peaceful music to soothe our aching hearts. And we'd lie together on the floor
Video examples
The era of higher ideals...
about how I was taking the news that night and of course Bob being Bob he diagnosed it himself his back at ached for a few days he had a low-grade fever he couldn't bring down so he went in for
Video examples
How does your brain...
But pain also has a character, like sharp, dull, burning, or aching. What exactly creates these perceptions of pain? Well, when you get hurt, special tissue damage-sensing nerve cells,
Video examples
A better way to talk...
We're struck. We are crushed. We swoon. We burn with passion. Love makes us crazy, and it makes us sick. Our hearts ache, and then they break.
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Quote examples
Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I'm eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.
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Philip Pullman
British Writer
I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type.
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Julie Burchill
British Journalist
As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning women on the bus, hearing them bang on about their aches and pains, both real and imagined.
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Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.
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Tom Petty
American Musician
When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.
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Johannes Heesters
Dutch Actor
To have nothing to do, to sit there waiting for little aches and pains, is fundamentally wrong. Life has to be lived.
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Jane Wiedlin
American Musician
It's one thing to be twenty and touring the world, but doing it in your forties, you wake up with aches and pains.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
My heart aches for America and its deceived people.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I'm eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.
Quote examples
Philip Pullman
British Writer
I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type.
Quote examples
Julie Burchill
British Journalist
As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning women on the bus, hearing them bang on about their aches and pains, both real and imagined.
Quote examples
Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.
Quote examples
Tom Petty
American Musician
When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.
Quote examples
Johannes Heesters
Dutch Actor
To have nothing to do, to sit there waiting for little aches and pains, is fundamentally wrong. Life has to be lived.
Quote examples
Jane Wiedlin
American Musician
It's one thing to be twenty and touring the world, but doing it in your forties, you wake up with aches and pains.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
Quote examples
Billy Graham
American Clergyman
My heart aches for America and its deceived people.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.
Example 1 of 10
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