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
You do not know how my heart has ached for Ida.
From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Then, too, my head has ached some, and it seemed to me the pain in my forehead would be better if I kept it cooler.”
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Harold M. Brett
Her heart was sore with the old hurt, as the head that has ached will be still sore when the actual malady has passed away.
From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
But the core of my heart has ached for my mother—my own beautiful mother—ever since she died.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
