🤕sore

adjective
/sɔːr/

Meaning

painful or aching, usually in a specific part of the body

Example Sentences

After the long run, my legs were sore.

Example Expressions

a sore point

Synonyms

painful, aching, tender, inflamed, sensitive

Antonyms

comfortable, painless, unhurt

Collocations

sore muscles, sore throat, feel sore, extremely sore

More Example Sentences

I have a sore on my tongue.

Patient: I have cough and sore throat.

My eyes are sore. I cannot see properly.

My ears are sore. I cannot hear properly.

My legs are sore. I cannot walk properly.

My throat is sore and I am finding it difficult to swallow.

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes but gradually improving over several months

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes but gradually improving over several months until he can play his favorite songs from start to finish

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes but gradually improving over several months until he can play his favorite songs from start to finish and surprises his family with a performance at a holiday gathering.

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