Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With aching; painfully.
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- adverb In an
aching manner;sorely .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the current New Republic, there's a passel of blather under the byline Amitai Etzioni (a name achingly familiar to all connoisseurs of crypto-academic bien-pensant bullbleep) that sets forth a plan by which America will transform itself into a nation of savers.
Panic in Detroit 2009
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Images scrolled across the screen: an eight-year-old girl, her expression achingly distant, peered at the camera from behind a whitewashed column.
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In the current New Republic, there's a passel of blather under the byline Amitai Etzioni (a name achingly familiar to all connoisseurs of crypto-academic bien-pensant bullbleep) that sets forth a plan by which America will transform itself into a nation of savers.
Panic in Detroit 2009
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She whispered his name achingly against his skin; need overcoming reason as her de fences came crashing down, her body pliant and eager against his, her mouth trembling as she caressed his skin.
A Cure For Love Jordan, Penny 1991
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New Republic there's a passel of blather under the byline Amitai Etzioni (a name achingly familiar to all connoisseurs of crypto-academic bien-pensant bullbleep) which sets forth a plan by which America will transform itself into a nation of savers.
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The scenes with his wife, Linda played by his real-life spouse, the great Nancy Palk, were full of the kind of achingly heightened reality you long to see on stage, but seldom do.
Thestar.com - Home Page Richard Ouzounian 2010
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When Sin Nombre and Sugar, two Spanish language films, made my top-10 in 2009, Dan asked if I enjoyed "any movies that aren't achingly painful tales of immigrant woe."
Ben Mankiewicz: The 10 Best Non-Independent Movies of 2010 Ben Mankiewicz 2011
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When Sin Nombre and Sugar, two Spanish language films, made my top-10 in 2009, Dan asked if I enjoyed "any movies that aren't achingly painful tales of immigrant woe."
Ben Mankiewicz: The 10 Best Non-Independent Movies of 2010 Ben Mankiewicz 2011
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We will take a walk through achingly lovely rice paddies to the fabulous open air restaurant perched high above the rice paddies for a luncheon.
Writer's Retreat in Bali: Interview With Robin Sparks | The Creative Penn 2010
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When Sin Nombre and Sugar, two Spanish language films, made my top-10 in 2009, Dan asked if I enjoyed "any movies that aren't achingly painful tales of immigrant woe."
Ben Mankiewicz: The 10 Best Non-Independent Movies of 2010 Ben Mankiewicz 2011
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