ache
verb (used without object)
to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain.
has ached
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present perfectof ache (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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AMRITSAR, India — For seven decades, Sudarshana Rani has ached to learn her younger brother’s fate.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2022
Both my Katie and Sheridan have been grown and gone these many years and my heart has ached for childher, and there’s none but Cora Belle.
From Letters on an Elk Hunt by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
My heart has ached for them even in my dreams.
From The Princess Idleways A Fairy Story by Mrs. W. J. Hayes
"This is a harder dress to make than your mother's," replied Ellen; "and besides having had less help on it, my head has ached very badly all the afternoon."
From Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
But if the head never has ached before?
From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by George Madden Martin
