familiar ache
Frequency: 6.57.8 per million words
an ache that one has experienced before and recognizes
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Examples (10)
- I felt the familiar ache in my lower back.
- Visiting her old home brought back a familiar ache of longing.
- The day after the marathon, he woke up with the familiar ache in his legs.
- As he read the rejection letter, a familiar ache of disappointment settled in his chest.
- She stretched, trying to ease the familiar ache in her shoulders from sitting all day.
- He recognized the familiar ache in his heart whenever he thought of her.
- Missing lunch, he started to feel that familiar ache in his stomach.
- Despite the joy of the reunion, there was a familiar ache of knowing it would soon be over.
- The cold weather always brings on the familiar ache in my joints.
- With a deep sigh, she acknowledged the familiar ache of loneliness that evening often brought.