backaches

plural of backache

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for backaches
Noun
  • Side effects may include stomach issues, headaches, and rare kidney problems from contamination.
    Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In the year before his death, Thomas had been struggling with his mental health, as well as daily headaches and memory loss, his parents said at the time.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tylenol is used to treat a several conditions, such as mild to moderate pain, fever, headaches, muscle aches, toothaches, backaches and colds.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Elderly consumers, who might seek gentle relief for aches or the comfort of a familiar ritual, are left stranded.
    Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The most common symptoms of flu include fever, headache, cough, sore throat and muscle aches.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The movie takes pains to illustrate how the possible end of the world will begin like any other day.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Colleagues who failed to take similar pains earned his everlasting disdain.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These pangs are only compounded by the cliffhanger that concluded Season 2, in which President William Rayburn (Michael McKean) suffered a fatal heart attack and elevated his vice president, Grace Penn (Allison Janney), to the top of the call sheet.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Sharp cracks of gunfire pierced the morning air, loud, jarring pangs that echoed off the concrete.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, Punk has publicly shared his gripes over certain AEW stars not wanting to work with him in the past.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Labor In a section of the report focused on workers’ rights and safety, the NCP reiterates its gripes about lack of supplier audit documentation and adherence to local law rather than international standards.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Backaches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backaches. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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