How to Use migraine in a Sentence

migraine

noun
  • Like migraines, the pain tends to be on one side of the head.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2018
  • But the next day, the migraine kicked up again—and the pain was ten times worse.
    Jessica Herndon, Essence, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Travis Dye opened his day at the Rose Bowl with a migraine.
    oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The sheer number of puns alone would give me a migraine.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
  • Snow is on the streets and many of the families are sick with colds, coughs, and migraines.
    Eve MacSweeney, Vogue, 22 June 2018
  • The rookie from Notre Dame was kept on the sideline with a migraine.
    Jeff Zrebiec, baltimoresun.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Here’s every type of migraine, and how to tell them apart.
    Ashley Abramson, Allure, 7 Apr. 2021
  • It's been proven that a super tight pony can lead to hair loss (and give you migraines).
    Tomoko Takeda Canel, Seventeen, 8 June 2017
  • Of course, my migraine attacks came back with a vengeance.
    Ashley Jackson, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Katie Lou Samuelson had limped off the court and Gabby Williams sat on the bench with a migraine.
    Staff Report, courant.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Some patients find the side effects worse than the migraines.
    New York Times, 17 May 2018
  • Here are just a few of the crucial things in her migraine self-care toolkit.
    SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Others simply fade on their own, in the way that migraines come and go.
    Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The Broncos are 0-2 with a Mile High migraine in Denver.
    Barry Wilner, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Drury has not played since April 6 and has been undergoing tests for the cause of the migraines.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The headaches tend to crop up more among males and people with a history of migraines.
    Carla Delgado, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In 1979, Little was sitting in his office on the base and plagued by a migraine.
    Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Zane, however, had the very first migraine of his life.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2018
  • The teen had spent the day boating with neighbors, but returned home with a migraine.
    Rachael Trost, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2017
  • That click sound sets off something in your brain destined to give you a migraine.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • And there are a few distinct ways to tell sinus pain from migraines, Dr. Farag says.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Senzel has been plagued my migraines and bouts of vertigo in the past.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2019
  • Here are five things at work that can sometimes cause a migraine attack and how to deal with them.
    Julia Sullivan, SELF, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Dead serious, caught a migraine, but just had to tough it out.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • My migraines were the result of my straining to see anything at all.
    Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Every week for the last decade, her migraines have increased.
    Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But don’t relax too much if the migraine doesn’t happen right away.
    Alice Oglethorpe, Men's Health, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Loeb ends most days with a headache, which sometimes becomes a full-on migraine.
    Author: Amy Joyce, Ellen McCarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2020
  • People suffer more migraines and are at greater risk of getting injured at work.
    Sarah Boden, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Get Some Sleep Lack of sleep, sleep disturbances, and other sleep issues are common triggers for tension headaches and migraines.
    Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2025

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