Definition: 1. An open skin infection. 2. Hurting. 3. Causing misery or pain or distress. 4. Roused to anger. 5. Inflamed and painful.
Use 'sore' in a sentence:
1. A skin lotion distilled from the root is a marvellous cure for sore rashes and spots.
2. Sore throats may be relieved by cold compresses.
3. I suffer badly from cold sores and dread them appearing on my wedding day.
4. I had to be careful not to get a sore throat and lose my voice.
5. Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?
6. It's years since I've had a sore throat like I did last night.
7. I think I must have injured it last week and it's a bit sore now.
8. They are sore about losing to England in the quarter-finals.
9. In the past, health experts warned us that the day would come in which it would become very difficult to provide medical care for even common problems, such as lung infection or severe sore throat.
10. Her eyes were sore and inflamed.
11. His legs were covered with weeping sores.
12. He saw the hurt elephant show his sore trunk to a healthy elephant.
13. She helped him to put some iodine on that sore.
14. I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow.
15. It's a sore point with Sue's parents that the children have not been baptized yet.
16. Eina! That was sore!
17. If your skin becomes red, sore or very scaly, consult your doctor.
18. Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
19. He and I dated for over a year, and when we broke up, I thought my angsty heart was going to spit itself right up out of my sore throat.
20. My chest is still sore from the surgery.
21. I've got a sore tummy.
22. Oh, auntie, my sore toe's mortified!
23. How could he run now, with his fear and all his poor, sore limbs?
24. At first all of us city boys hiked on sore feet.
25. The result is that they are now all feeling very sore at you.
26. The president declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat.
27. He got a stiff neck and a sore back from sitting hunched up for so long.
28. My stomach is still sore after the operation.
29. I had a sore throat and could only croak.
30. She moved slowly, dragging her sore feet.
31. She was a sore trial to her family at times.
32. Sore necks are very common these days.
33. Keep that sore on your hand away from water.
34. She had a sore throat.
35. Within five minutes he was dressed and down-stairs, feeling sore and drowsy.
36. The continuing presence of American troops on Korean soil remains a very sore point with these students.
37. Their feet were sore after hours of walking.
38. In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
39. sore His sore leg made walking difficult.
40. He felt weak and sore, and the pain of his smashed knuckles warned him that, it would be a week before he could grip a pick handle or a shovel.
41. Basal cell carcinomas can appear in some pretty strange places, including the eyelid, where it often causes a sore and the loss of eyelashes.
42. My butt cheeks are sore from sitting on this bench too long.
43. Sore nipples can inhibit the milk supply.
44. Employment is another sore point.
45. Symptoms include a sore throat.
46. Symptoms include a headache and sore throat.
47. His feet were sore after the walk.
48. The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat.
49. His body was a mass of sores.
50. The boy eagerly drew his sore toe from under the sheet and held it up for inspection.
