Example Sentences

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How we have ached to see once more those noble features.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 22, 2016

Throughout the recent explosion of superhero everything, fans have ached to see someone bring forth a noble reboot of Wonder Woman.

From Washington Post

"After painting action scenes I have ached for hours because of having put myself in the other fellow's shoes as I realized him on canvas."

From Time Magazine Archive

Adolf Hitler's head, if not his teeth, must certainly have ached.

From Time Magazine Archive

How her bones must have ached with the effort!

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein