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.
  • The lack of universal child care is a pain point for parents throughout the year, but the summer is a unique headache.
    Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Short-term price spikes in the next few years will continue to be a headache for policymakers.
    Chunzi Xu, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Like other parts of the world, inflation in Japan has become a major headache.
    Michelle Toh, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
  • First, there are four such plans, each with their own rules and criteria, which can be a headache for borrowers to navigate.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Common symptoms include a runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, sneezing, coughing, mild headache, and a low-grade fever.
    Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Health, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Bringing light to the middle of the building was a major headache and involved yet more excavation.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Along with the flooding came debris that will be a headache to clean up, said John Balletto, the vineyard’s founder.
    Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Here are four ways in which the documents debacle could become a political headache for Biden.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
  • At first, banks were distracted, handling the headache of working through legacy loan books in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
    Christian Faes, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The firing calmed the growing criticisms of Zahawi, which had become another headache for Sunak.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Magnesium deficiency can cause these vessels to constrict, and when coupled with emotional stress, this can result in headaches and migraines.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Traveling with jewelry will no longer be a headache, thanks to Cuyana's miniature travel case that's designed to keep your most beloved heirlooms safe and sound wherever you're headed.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The controversial case has been a headache for Hayden since his appointment last January as district attorney.
    Andrew Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Lassa fever symptoms While Lassa fever can be deadly, most people experience only mild symptoms, including slight fever, feeling tired and weak and headaches.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Rather than deal with the environmental headache of working around the rare bee species living on the land, Mark Zuckerberg and company will have to find another place to put its data center.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • At some point teams ask themselves if the player is the worth the headache?
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 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 case gets dicey when the bond for Candy’s release becomes a headache to nail down.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 15 May 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
  • For us normal folk, flying on a plane can be a huge headache.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2024

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