Collocations for ache - noun

dull, nagging, throbbing | familiar | muscular, stomach, tummy

be aware of, feel
I felt the familiar ache in my lower back.

ease
He changed his position once again to ease the ache in his back.

throb
A dull ache throbbed at the back of David''s head.

~ in
a nagging ache in her knee

aches and pains
He was always complaining about his various aches and pains.

deep, dull, nagging

feel, have
She kept feeling the nagging ache in her heart.

~ in
She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart.

~ inside, ~ of
the ache of loneliness inside him