How to Use achy in a Sentence

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• If your body feels old and creaky, let’s grease up those achy joints and get the most bang for your buck.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022
• Your muscles might be tender to the touch, and the pain might feel dull, tight, and achy, Dr. Nazareth says.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 6 Mar. 2023
• From achy backs to sore arms, a massager can help take the pressure off!
  — Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
• But that doesn't mean that tired, dry and achy feet don't deserve some TLC.
  — Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 14 Nov. 2022
• Tired, achy eyes have nothin' on this weighted eye mask.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 20 Jan. 2023
• Any shoes made of leather or suede should sit this one out (think: blisters and achy feet).
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2024
• Perfect for: Old dogs and pups with achy joints that can't quite jump onto the couch or bed.
  — Emily Belfiore, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• Not all yard work has to result in sore, achy muscles for the next several days.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2023
• Finding the best pillow can take many restless nights (or years!) of testing and maybe even an achy neck here and there.
  — Samantha Rees, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2021
• Since a quiet return from an achy knee on Jan. 14, Nance has erupted.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2020
• Joint pain: People don't often miss the warning sign of achy and painful joints, which usually show up first in the small joints of the hands and feet.
  — Jessie Shafer, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2021
• Curtain Call: Not for those with achy knees or for Disneyphobes.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2018
• It's also come in handy post-workout, when my muscles are feeling achy.
  — The Editors, Town & Country, 14 July 2023
• There were All-Star Game appearances to be made, sunny beaches to be enjoyed and a few days away to clear minds and soothe achy muscles.
  — Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• Use spare towels like exercise bands to bring stiff, achy lower limbs to life, and loosen up your arms and chest by pulling on a towel anchored around the leg of the bed.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 27 June 2017
• Then came Marques Bolden’s achy knee that kept him out a majority of the final two games.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
• The emphasis was on recovery and mending his achy body.
  — New York Times, 13 June 2022
• Admittedly, a roadblock to lifting weights late in life is achy joints.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2023
• Back pain, achy joints, and foot discomfort come with the job, and clogs can promote ideal posture to help offset these issues.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 13 Apr. 2023
• During a therapy treatment in the penultimate episode, Rachel lets loose a sharp, achy howl that overtakes her whole body.
  — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 22 May 2023
• Say goodbye to achy feet with these comfortable slippers.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 25 July 2022
• Walking around on hardwood or tile floors all day, without any helpful shock absorption from your footwear, can lead to achy joints and sore feet.
  — Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 6 Dec. 2022
• Your veteran shortstop and DH are out of the lineup with a bad back and a pesky combo of achy calf and oblique soreness respectively.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2020
• That achy feeling around your bump itself can be improved by stretching, Dr. Dziadek says.
  — Alexandra Frost, Parents, 5 Nov. 2023
• Swap out the five different heads to focus on problem areas such as myofascial pain, achy joints, or your spine.
  — Popular Science, 6 Jan. 2020
• Sent feverish, coughing, achy people to doctors’ offices at a peak rate not seen since 2009, when a new swine flu virus caused a pandemic.
  — Kim Painter, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2018
• Given his broken finger, his fragile knees, his sore back and achy feet, not to mention his chronic agita, Bryant can't sit in a car for two hours.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 28 Jan. 2020
• But that voice, its achy lows and soaring highs, transforms here into something more like sculpture — a vast translucent scrim caught in a slow-mo winter wind.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2020
• Between blisters, sprains, and achy feet, ill-fitting and uncomfortable shoes can put a damper on anyone’s trip.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2024
• Not good as new, mind you, but definitely no longer as achy, weak, and tired—and, thankfully, also no longer in the depths of emotional despair.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024