How to Use headache in a Sentence

headache

noun
  • 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.
  • So, will headaches always be the price to pay for a glass of red wine?
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
  • And that, in turn, means headaches for a new group of sellers.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 20 June 2023
  • Under the heat of the sun, headaches and stomach pains set in.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Well, the only way to get rid of a headache is hot sauce.
    — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Maybe a headache and some have, like a runny nose, a cough.
    — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Start with the tool that will solve your biggest headache.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • At some point teams ask themselves if the player is the worth the headache?
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • What seems like a good idea in the moment could turn out to be a big headache in the long run.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • By the fall, 2000 Mules had become the headache that kept on giving.
    — David Marques, The New Republic, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Migraines are one of the most common forms of headache.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 May 2022
  • Now, the Pistons have to deal with the league-wide headache that is Stephen Curry.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Not everyone with a mild headache needs a CT scan of the brain.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The service cut isn’t the first headache the T has given Lubin.
    — Anjali Huynh, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2022
  • And even though this tedious task can be a headache, oh, the rewards!
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 9 Dec. 2022
  • My husband agrees, because the smell gives him a headache.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The passing trains have been a headache for area commuters for decades.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2022
  • All of which can help with the hallmarks of a hangover, from the thudding headache to the fatigue.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Cough, headache, fever, the loss of taste or smell and muscle and body aches are among the more common signs.
    — Tom Murphy, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2021
  • It’s a headache and expensive and thus the margins are thin.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The complaints are one of the downsides, but hardly the biggest headache.
    — Tim Gray, Variety, 23 Dec. 2021
  • But the big headaches are the Galaksija’s ROMs, with three chips in two flavors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2023
  • Losing the wins lead is a headache Calipari does not need right now.
    — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The prodrome phase can happen about 24 to 48 hours before the headache starts.
    — Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The case gets dicey when the bond for Candy’s release becomes a headache to nail down.
    — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 15 May 2023
  • Symptoms often begin with the bubonic form of the plague, which can cause health issues including fever, headache, chills, weakness and swollen lymph nodes.
    — Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Most individuals have no symptoms though one in five infections can cause fever, nausea, headaches or body aches.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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