His ankle, which he had thought healed, began a slow steady ache.

By four o'clock, the confidence she held at two was long gone, replaced with a steady ache in her arms.

Not even the steady dull ache in his leg could bother him now.

What remains as fresh as yesterday is that steady ache.

The steady ache of the rising carbon dioxide level set off the alarm.

The initial violent pain in his middle had subsided, replaced by a steady ache.

But his ankle throbbed with a steady, deep ache.

All the panic had been leached out of her, to be replaced with a dull, steady ache.

A dull steady ache, but no pain worth mentioning.

Eddie went behind the chair again, taking a moment to massage his lower back where a steady ache had settled.