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Discover LudwigThe word "sore" is correct and commonly used in written English
It can be used as an adjective to describe something that is causing physical pain or discomfort, or as a noun to refer to the feeling of pain or tenderness in a specific area of the body. Example 1: "After a long day of hiking, my legs were sore and my feet were aching." Example 2: "He had a sore throat and could barely speak, so he decided to stay home and rest." Example 3: "The athlete's muscles were sore from training so hard the previous day." Example 4: "I have a sore spot on my shoulder where I fell off my bike." Example 5: "I felt a sharp, sore sensation in my back when I lifted the heavy box."
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Even though nothing was clear in Florida, Republicans (and Fox News) began referring to George W as the "president-elect" and branding Gore as a sore loser for refusing to accept the fact.
Watching fellow competitors stagger around camp like zombies in the mornings – tired, sore and nursing crocked knees, blistered feet or chafing in unmentionable places – was comic at times.
15 MIKE BROWN 7/10 His previous game at Twickenham ended with a sore head but happily he made a full recovery.
Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms, which at first are fever, muscle pain, headaches and a sore throat.
Desperate for work, the newly arrived accepted long hours and low wages, though the need to do so, Desai said, "nagged away like a sore on their necks".
Serena Williams is nursing a sore right elbow – and Maria Sharapova is trying hard, no doubt, not to smile too much.
Davis Love III claimed the Europeans were sore losers: "We didn't cry when we lost two in a row".
On the third day, you find yourself in fine rain, with no view, sore feet, the waymarking all to hell, in a boggy field, with bulls staring back.
Symptoms of influenza include fever, muscle pain, sore throat, headache and cough and complications include pneumonia and ear infections.
I said one word after my match with Novak in Australia and it was like I was complaining and trying to be a sore loser.
But he is less the bear with a sore head type than the verbal fencing champion, who leaves his opponents reeling before they've even realised they were on the receiving end of his rapier remarks.
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