Example Sentences

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All USC’s star running back knows is every Wednesday his acupuncturist will put them in whatever muscle has been aching that week.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Their 4-year-old daughter has been aching to start preschool since she saw her older brother do so last year.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2020

Love does not know how his back, which has been aching lately, will respond to carrying his son’s 50-pound bag up and down Erin Hills’ challenging terrain.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2017

Racing has been aching for another Triple Crown champion since Affirmed became the third horse in the 1970s to sweep the Derby, Preakness and Belmont.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2014

I expect little Pease has been aching to tell all these weeks.

From Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund by Emerson, Alice B.