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
While these symptoms vary from person to person, menopause can cause physical changes in your body, including weight gain (particularly around the waist), drier, thinner skin, and achy, weak, or stiff joints.
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Laura Schober,
Health,
23 Apr. 2026
To avoid bending that may cause an achy back, use a standard garden hoe to slide beneath the gravel and slice weed and grass roots and stems.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
Stanton is still managing his tennis elbows, but those achy joints haven’t stopped him from having a solid spring.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
But there are a few other reasons why your body feels more achy when outdoor temperatures drop.
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Alyssa Ages,
Outside,
22 Feb. 2026
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Laura Schober,
Health,
23 Apr. 2026
To avoid bending that may cause an achy back, use a standard garden hoe to slide beneath the gravel and slice weed and grass roots and stems.
—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
Stanton is still managing his tennis elbows, but those achy joints haven’t stopped him from having a solid spring.
—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
But there are a few other reasons why your body feels more achy when outdoor temperatures drop.
—
Alyssa Ages,
Outside,
22 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for achy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achy
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Also Wednesday, the team scratched shortstop Mookie Betts from the starting lineup because of a sore right wrist.
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Guests who get after it on Vail’s ski slopes and hiking and biking trails can book a CBD massage or pop into the self-care lounge and soothe sore muscles with Hyperice massage guns and Normatec leg compression sleeves.
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The homestretch of the drama, however, takes the story in a chilling direction, packing an aching quantity of feeling into a single glance at a security camera as someone climbs into a car and leaves the compound, never to be heard from again.
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Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain (1997) Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain is an aching, tender slow burn shaped by absence.
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And that says something painful about what my country has become, and my place in it.
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For thousands of Venezuelans, however, the absence of definitive answers has become one of the tragedy’s most painful consequences.
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“Achy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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