How to Use headache in a Sentence

headache

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  • 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
  • My husband agrees, because the smell gives him a headache.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • All of which can help with the hallmarks of a hangover, from the thudding headache to the fatigue.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • But the big headaches are the Galaksija’s ROMs, with three chips in two flavors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2023
  • The council has already been through this once, and with plenty of headaches.
    — John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
  • The study cautions that there are still many unknowns about the causes of red wine headaches.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Nov. 2023
  • She’s been hit with hot flashes and cold spells, headaches, and cramping, which is tough to train through.
    — Christine Yu, SELF, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The power outages and ice brought with the storm caused headaches for many, according to NPR.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The wind may not be the only menace, not at a club with a record of weather headaches at its recent Opens.
    — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • One of my worst endometriosis symptoms is headaches, which are made worse by bright lights.
    — Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Romania or Tunisia or any of that was going to turn into a headache.
    — Jamie Bryan, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In fact, the smell from this repellent lingered on clothes and gave one of our editors a mild headache.
    — Staff Author, Verywell Health, 2 Aug. 2023
  • By the 1950s, traffic on Fort Worth’s west side was becoming a real headache.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Even so, Threads could be a fresh headache for Musk, who acquired Twitter last year for $44 billion.
    — Kelvin Chan, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
  • Even so, Threads could be a fresh headache for Mr. Musk, who acquired Twitter last year for $44 billion.
    — Kelvin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2023
  • Still, Proulx and others say the new app could be a significant headache for Musk and Twitter.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Phillip, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
  • The most common symptoms are fever, chills, headaches, muscle aches and fatigue.
    — Rajiv Chowdhury, The Conversation, 30 June 2023
  • Typhoid fever has many symptoms, such as a prolonged high fever, headache and malaise, and Mallon had none of them.
    — Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Symptoms include the sudden onset of a flu-like fever, muscle pain, joint pain, and headache.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Still, rents are now so high, the prospect of finding another home is causing her restless nights and headaches.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Symptoms of parrot fever include fever and chills, headache, muscle aches and a dry cough, according to the CDC.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
  • That doesn’t include neck pain, headaches, eye strain, and sleep interruptions that can come with screen time.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Some people may need a day or two to recover from the side effects of a vaccine, such as fever, headache, and muscle pain.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Symptoms of the secondary stage include rash, fever, headaches, muscle aches and fatigue.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024

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