Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backaches
Noun
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The blooms may produce toxic substances that could result in headaches, weakness, shortness of breath, muscle spasms and gastrointestinal illnesses, officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Reassessing your cash strategy now, before the rate cuts happen, can save you from headaches or worse later.—
Gregory Clifford,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their knee aches subsided on the very first day of wearing the Lone Peak 7 sneakers.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Flu symptoms can include aches, cough, fatigue, fever, headache, sore throat and a stuffy or runny nose, according to the CDC.—
Sara Schilling,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet, the new Terminal 1 has several stores that take great pains to include local flair.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The movie is, in part, about the labor pains of its creator, the screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After all, who wants to feel the pangs of self-doubt, anxiety, or chronic stress?—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Poor people know the intimate, badgering pangs of hunger, but in Ireland, the memory of the 1845-1848 Famine—the Great Hunger, when one million died from starvation and disease, and another million emigrated—still aches.—
Philip Metres
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Given his numbers as a Yankee at the Red Sox' home ballpark — four runs on four hits in 2 2/3 innings — Weaver's gripes certainly risk sounding like excuses.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The existential gripes from older generations about the sanctity of live show experiences seem to misunderstand the moment.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Backaches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backaches. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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