as in sore
causing or feeling bodily pain
unable to play in tomorrow's football game because of an achy right knee
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Recent Examples of achy
There are many reasons your child's stomach might be feeling queasy or achy.
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Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
Here’s how to tell what might be behind the achy tightness—and what to do about it to feel better, fast.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 7 Jan. 2025
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This 99.9% pure copper bracelet can help with achy muscles, tension, stress, and other health issues.
—Veronica Booth, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
The mostly Millennial demographic was not in the mood to mosh or jump, perhaps due to achy knees and work in the morning.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
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Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
Here’s how to tell what might be behind the achy tightness—and what to do about it to feel better, fast.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 7 Jan. 2025
Find it on Amazon Healing and Stylish Copper Bracelet
This 99.9% pure copper bracelet can help with achy muscles, tension, stress, and other health issues.
—Veronica Booth, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
The mostly Millennial demographic was not in the mood to mosh or jump, perhaps due to achy knees and work in the morning.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for achy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achy
Adjective
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He was slowed by a lingering back injury and tried to play through a sore knee.—
Patrick Saunders,
The Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2025
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Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and eight rebounds after missing back-to-back games because of a sore left foot.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Somebody Somewhere is tiny: a gorgeous, introspective, intimate story about a woman with devastatingly mundane problems whose chief obstacle is her own aching sense of grief and dislocation.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2024
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In this novel about the shape-shifting nature of love, Parsons captures Kit’s grief in aching and honest terms.—
Annabel Gutterman,
TIME,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Whether a client hires a single architect to design a house or a team to work on a downtown plan with multiple community stakeholders, the architect-client relationship is rarely one of a painful struggle.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Throughout her childhood, Dee Dee subjected her Gypsy-Rose to years of painful medical procedures that were not needed.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Achy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achy. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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