1
: pain in the head
2
: a vexatious or baffling situation or problem
meetings had become a giant headache—
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Franklin FoerExamples of headache in a Sentence
I'm starting to get a headache.
The symptoms include fever and headache.
The city's biggest headache is traffic.
Managing your finances can be a real headache.
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In the early stages, people may experience fatigue, fever, headaches, muscle aches, and a distinctive bull’s-eye rash.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Economic Worries Add To Pressure Economic concerns are also causing a headache for the Trump administration, with multiple recent polls showing a downward trend in the president's approval rating on his handling of the economy and inflation.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
And while the profession can provide further work-life balance and decent benefits, the ability for AI to do the work may cause further headache.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 31 July 2025
It has been used in folk medicine to aid digestion, reduce fevers and headaches, relieve insect bites, and lower high blood pressure.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 31 July 2025
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Economic Worries Add To Pressure Economic concerns are also causing a headache for the Trump administration, with multiple recent polls showing a downward trend in the president's approval rating on his handling of the economy and inflation.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
And while the profession can provide further work-life balance and decent benefits, the ability for AI to do the work may cause further headache.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 31 July 2025
It has been used in folk medicine to aid digestion, reduce fevers and headaches, relieve insect bites, and lower high blood pressure.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 31 July 2025
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“Headache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headache. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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