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Examples of “achy” in a Sentence

3 example sentences showing how to use achy, grouped by meaning.

adjective Suffering from aches; sore all over.

  • The achy path leads downhill, bump bump bump, rocks jagged and the climate wetter and colder, till I’m toothless, beyond pain, on a frosty skerry beach, my fingers numb, my lungs flapping like dead leaves. — Michael Kenyon, Sea of Qi Shu (2012)
  • Sora, his cinematographer, Bill Kirstein, and the composer Lia Ouyang Rusli capture the achy pleasures of youthful friendship and the tectonic frictions of the personal, the political and the geological. — Lisa Kennedy, ‘Happyend’ Review: Adolescent Tremors (2025)
  • I woke up feeling achy and tired, like I was coming down with something.