Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ached
IPA transcription: ['eɪkt]
Usage examples
  • My arm ached in its bandages.
  • His head ached and he was giddy.
  • She wanted to whoop, her legs ached to run.
  • She could not cry, only her throat ached and throbbed perpetually.
  • His heart ached with a dull, unpleasant sensation, with a sort of oppressive emptiness.
  • Why should they be allowed to ride about so calmly? His heart fairly ached for the attack.
  • The advice was followed readily, for the feverish symptoms increased, and her head ached acutely.
  • Never was a richly furnished room more thoroughly comfortless than this--the eye ached at looking round it.
  • "Wish we had some more stuff to put on 'em," remarked Ned, who was holding his sides that ached from laughter.
  • Her heart ached because, in her great misery, he had not fondled her, and intoxicated her senses with loving words.