Adjective a dog limping on a sore leg The patient has a sore throat. That's a sore subject to bring up. The discussion touched on a sore spot. My neighbor is sore at me. Are you still sore about what happened last night? Noun He has a sore on his lip. Adverb I was sore afraid we'd never make it home. See More
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Adjective
Monday’s issue was the absence of Michael Wacha, who was scratched from his start against the Tampa Bay Rays because of a sore arm. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022 Kids can have a sore arm or redness at the injection site. Katia Hetter, CNN, 1 July 2022 Phil Bickford, who was third in appearances last season, has missed time with a sore arm. Adam Burkevsin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022 But, now, with the Heat’s 2022-23 scheduling, a sore ankle for Bradley Beal could mean no Miami appearance this season by the Wizards guard. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2022 Miller had entered the game after starting first baseman Josh Naylor exited with a sore right ankle. Joe Noga, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022 But Ariza needed ankle surgery in training camp, Nunn’s sore ankle turned into a knee bruise that knocked him out for the season, and Bazemore was pushed out of the starting lineup 13 games into the season.Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 The dagger triples Caleb Love used to sink Duke two nights earlier weren’t falling, and Bacot’s sore ankle finally gave out near the end of the game. Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2022 Seth Curry, battling a sore ankle, scored 12 points. Brian Mahoney, ajc, 28 Mar. 2022
Noun
On the tree carrying the disease-resistant gene, a gray, dime-size sore swelled up at the site of the quarter-inch incision - an infection from which the tree would recover.BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Also, a sore that either won’t heal or heals and then returns needs to be addressed. Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 17 Aug. 2022 The sore on the bottom right of Magallanes' tongue had been there since September 2019.The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2022 Intimate contact has to include direct, and usually prolonged, interaction with an infected sore, rash or lesion, but Burstin said such markings may not always be obvious, especially at the beginning of an infection. Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Photo above: In a 2003 file photo, 3-year-old Schyan Kautzer of Dorchester, Wisconsin, shows a sore on her right index finger. Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2022 The team tested their sensors on skin taken from pigs, a standard prototype tissue for studying open injuries, which had been scored with small incisions to simulate a sore. Max G. Levy, Wired, 23 Feb. 2022 The incident left Anderson with a bleeding hand, a sore, reddened back, and a broken fingernail, according to police. Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022 The 14th-century saint Catherine of Siena is famous for drinking the pus of a woman’s open sore in an act of holy self-abasement.New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
Adverb
With undrafted rookie Isaiah Weston out for the season with a torn ACL and sixth-round pick Michael Woods II nursing a sore hamstring the past few weeks, Baldwin has been a pleasant surprise.cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022 Linderbaum left practice early on Thursday after coming up sore during a running drill. Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2022 Rafael Devers was out of the lineup against the Yankees on Saturday night with a sore lower back and that likely will be the case on Sunday. Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022 The Sox lineup was no match for Chicago’s Mark Leiter Jr., who came in when a sore lower back forced starter Alec Mills out after seven pitches, the last a one-out Devers double in the first. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022 All because election workers were doing their job and a bunch of sore-losing chuckleheads didn’t like the result.Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022 Indiana was also without starting guard Malcolm Brogdon (rest), rookies Chris Duarte (sore left big toe) and Isaiah Jackson (headache), and second-year forward Jalen Smith (illness) against the Grizzlies. James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 2022 Reserve forward Keita Bates-Diop missed his second game in a row with a sore lower back. Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2022 Poeltl, who is enjoying the best season of his six-year career with per-game averages of 13.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 blocks, returned to the court Monday after missing Saturday’s game against the Heat with a sore lower back. Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English sor, from Old English sār; akin to Old High German sēr sore and probably to Old Irish saeth distress
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adverb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of sore was before the 12th century