11.   A dull pounding ache in his head.

12.   She felt awful, tired, on edge, a dull throbbing ache pounding in her temples.

13.   The dull ache in her temples heralded another dismal headache, and here she was blurting out her thoughts without due care and attention.

14.   The dull ache became a throb, so that every step became agony, taking the colour from her cheeks and drawing her lips into a tight line.

15.   But Richard says he never suffered the dull ache of longing for his father.

16.   I suffer more of a dull ache.

17.   That pain is hard to describe, falling somewhere between a twinge and a dull ache.

18.   The dull ache of waiting had set in.

19.   The pain was now a dull ache.

20.   The Red Cross fed her, and the dull ache of fear started to fade away.