1
: pain in the head
2
: a vexatious or baffling situation or problem
… meetings had become a giant headache.—
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Franklin FoerExamples of headache in a Sentence
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.
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Other warning signs include headache, nausea and muscle cramps, along with a fast pulse or feeling faint.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 July 2026
Watch for heavy sweating, dizziness, weakness, headache, nausea, muscle cramps, a fast pulse or a faint feeling.
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Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
6 July 2026
The location in Alexandria, Louisiana, would remove logistical headaches caused by wrangling children from foster homes and shelters across the country and not having anywhere to put them during final preparations for flight.
—
Jack Brook,
ABC News,
6 July 2026
Legionnaires‘ disease is a type of serious pneumonia that causes cough, fever, headaches, shortness of breath and nausea.
—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
6 July 2026
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 July 2026
Watch for heavy sweating, dizziness, weakness, headache, nausea, muscle cramps, a fast pulse or a faint feeling.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
6 July 2026
The location in Alexandria, Louisiana, would remove logistical headaches caused by wrangling children from foster homes and shelters across the country and not having anywhere to put them during final preparations for flight.
—
Jack Brook,
ABC News,
6 July 2026
Legionnaires‘ disease is a type of serious pneumonia that causes cough, fever, headaches, shortness of breath and nausea.
—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
6 July 2026
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“Headache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headache. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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