There was a pounding in his head, a slow persistent ache.

The pain in her side was less, she noted, down to a persistent dull ache.

A persistent ache in his left side bothered him tremendously.

You may have pelvic cramps, belly pain, or a persistent, dull ache in your lower back.

Desire wasn't racing through her anymore as they reached the apartment, but it was a slow, persistent ache.

After another 10 to 15 minutes, it receded to the persistent ache that had been his constant companion for the past two weeks.

The scenery was blotted out by the persistent ache for heroin.

As for the pain, it had faded till the persistent ache took more of her attention.

He had the persistent ache in his groin to keep him a skeptic.

There is the persistent ache of loneliness, the mother and sister in Colombia he has not seen since 1998.