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How to use headache in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Headache means a pain or ache in the head. Example: “I have a splitting headache after that party last night.”

Examples of headache by meaning

nounA pain or ache in the head.

  • I have a splitting headache after that party last night.
  • I advise you to take some painkillers for the headache, it's probably nothing serious.
  • Sometimes on television they tell you a product is "good for headaches." I don't want something that's good for headaches.1997, George Carlin, “Sports Roundup”, in Brain Droppings, New York City: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68

nounA nuisance or unpleasant problem.

  • The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache.
  • Bogland now dominates the scene and the construction engineers must have suffered many a headache in seeking to secure a firm foundation.1957 May, Walter McGrath, “The Thurles-Clonmel Line, C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 319

More sentences with headache

  • My headache has no connection with me going out last night.From the entry connection
  • I've already taken three pills, but they don't seem to help my headache.From the entry help
  • If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian’s.From the entry carouse
  • I’ve got a terrible headache. – Have you, dear? Take this tablet and you won't anymore.From the entry have got
  • My headaches come and go, but the pain in my neck is constant.From the entry come and go
  • After three days, my headache finally went.From the entry go
  • I had a killer headache this morning.From the entry killer
  • The patient complained of headache, nausea, and joint pain.From the entry complain
  • I had a headache earlier, but now I'm all right.From the entry all right
  • The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.From the entry blare
  • Use of a strong opioid such as fentanyl for mild headache is not only off label but also unprofessional.From the entry off label
  • Aspirin is an alleviator of headaches.From the entry alleviator
  • Does stress bring the headaches on?From the entry bring on
  • He had a headache so bad that he wished he was dead, but it was the sort of migraine that promised him he would continue to suffer but not die.From the entry migraine
  • That caused a bit of a headache when it came to recommissioning them."2025 August 6, Richard Wilcock, “Old units... new lease of life”, in RAIL, number 1041, page 31. From the entry recommission
  • Please lah, you want to save me, save me the headache.2020, Stephanie Street, Dragonflies, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Act 2, scene 2, page 110. From the entry lah
  • Like migraine headache, hemicrania continua is associated with nausea and vomiting, as well as sonophobia and phonophobia.2019 September 19, Steven D. Waldman, Atlas of Uncommon Pain Syndromes E-Book, Amsterdam: Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11…. From the entry sonophobia
  • The rapid increase in the intrasellar contents and intrasellar pressure usually presents as sudden onset of headache.2015 September 26, “Incidence of Pituitary Apoplexy and Its Risk Factors in Chinese People: A Database Study of Patients with Pituitary…. From the entry intrasellar
  • Other symptoms included sore throat (2), arthralgia (2), myalgia (1), rhinorhea (1), and headache (1).2015, Rome Buathong et al., “Detection of Zika Virus Infection in Thailand, 2012–2014”, in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and…. From the entry rhinorhea
  • The headache was holocranial in nature and not associated with vomiting, aura or any other neurological complaints.2013, Oman Medical Journal, volume 28. From the entry holocranial
  • Which really did turn into a headache when I woke up — a bad'n.2012, Liza Cody, Musclebound, page 15. From the entry 'n
  • (Unciferous branches used for infantile convulsions, high fever, headache, hypertension, blurred vision, dizziness.2012, Umberto Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and…. From the entry unciferous
  • If spreadsheets give you a headache, try Numbers anyway, because it may cure that headache forever.2012, Jesse Feiler, iWork For Dummies, page 252. From the entry spreadsheety
  • I sprung out of bed and was shoved back by a Mack truck of a headache.2011, Jess Lourey, October Fest, page 39. From the entry Mack truck
  • She’d finished her milkshake so fast that Michael was surprised she didn’t have an ice-cream headache.2011, Lisa Tucker, The Winters in Bloom, Washington Square Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 199. From the entry ice-cream headache
  • If I had to live with her I'd get tension headaches too.2010, Natasha Friend, Perfect. From the entry bugsome
  • Gorm had asked him yestereve if he was suffering another headache from his dead brother.2010, Sandra Hill, chapter 8, in A Tale of Two Vikings, HarperCollins e-books, →ISBN. From the entry cock ache
  • There was a weaker association with lower barometric pressure, but only for nonmigraine headaches.2009 March 10, Nicholas Bakalar, “Patterns: More Headaches in Warmer Weather”, in New York Times. From the entry nonmigraine
  • The head fake is the pattern that causes support and resistance traders the most headaches.2007, George A. Fontanills, Getting Started in Commodities, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 203. From the entry head fake
  • I’ve got a killer ice-cream headache now,” Jason explained, toying with the half-empty cup.2007, Alex Duval, Ritual (Vampire Beach), Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry ice-cream headache
  • But the eggers-on were disappointed because I was not beaten, despite the headache I carried away.2006, James M. Lawson, Jr., “Higher Ground: The Nonviolence Imperative”, in Peter Laarman, editor, Getting on Message: Challenging the…. From the entry egger-on
  • She had a sore throat, she said, or a headache, or a knee ache.2006, Lindsay Nicholson, chapter 10, in Living on the Seabed: A Memoir of Love, Life and Survival, Vermilion London, page 230. From the entry knee ache
  • She had a dull headache that could have been from her injury or from not eating.2005, Kelsey Roberts, Chasing Secrets, Toronto: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 230. From the entry unhit
  • Some people have some nausea or photophonophobia just as the headache begins.2004, Stewart J. Tepper, Understanding Migraine and Other Headaches, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry photophonophobia
  • “How nice," she responded to his invitation, “but I've got a blockbuster of a headache.1998, Yves Beauchemin, The Second Fiddle, page 383. From the entry blockbuster

Meaning of headache

  1. noun A pain or ache in the head.
  2. noun A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

Full definition of headache

Questions about headache in a sentence

How do you use headache in a sentence?
Headache is used as a noun. For example: “I have a splitting headache after that party last night.”
What is a short sentence with headache?
“Aspirin is an alleviator of headaches.”
What does headache mean?
Headache means a pain or ache in the head.

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