| His muscles felt cramped and disused, and his chest and rib-cage ached as if he'd been the loser in a fist fight. |
| Her shoulders ached, and she felt that she had cricked her neck past repair. |
| Then I didn't have the strength to do anything but hook my arm through a rung and hold on while I sucked air and my lungs ached. |
| She was scrawny, dangerously thin some said, and stiff, as though her bones ached. |
| My head ached, my arms and legs felt like lead weights, and I was groggy with sleep. |
| He chapped hands ached and she pined for a nice bath with cool soaps and nice linen sheets. |
