aching

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And having dried him thoroughly, he rubbed him with a waxy ointment that smelled of henbane and poppies, until the aching was almost gone.

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  1. adjective Dully painful.
  2. adjective Full of painful yearning or sorrow: an aching heart.

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  • Tony Parker carried the Spurs after Ginobili first went out in February and Duncan's knees began aching, and the weight figures to fall on the —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Tony Parker carried the Spurs after Ginobili first went out in February and Duncan's knees began aching, and the weight figures to fall on the 26-year-old's shoulders again.
  • I spent the rest of the day working with my jaw aching, as leaving was out of the question because it would have left us short-handed, I couldn't get in to see the dentist today anyways and I was going to be just as uncomfortable at home as I was at work so I might as well just suck it up and collect some overtime. —  Totally Unauthorized
  • His were aching, and then he had a collision in a swimming pool that injured his shoulder and sent him looking for new workouts. —  KSAT.com - Local News
  • The belly-aching is starting up again in the Labour ranks. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
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aching:   ache ·  aches ·  ached
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