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 whole thing kind of gives us a headache.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • To me, that’s not worth the price, or the headache.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
  • To me, that’s not worth the price, or the headache.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Too much can be a massive headache.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Back home, his mother had a headache.
    — Daniel J. O’Malley, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The headaches came with the job itself.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Pain at the pump is leading to headaches at home.
    — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • And that means more headaches for drivers.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • My headaches were getting worse.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But that evening, the headaches returned.
    — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
  • How could your wife get a headache with a great hubby like you?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
  • And that, in turn, means headaches for a new group of sellers.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 20 June 2023
  • On top of it all, framing your art can be a headache of its own.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
  • So, will headaches always be the price to pay for a glass of red wine?
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The incident left him with a mild headache.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Most people are happy that a headache in their lives is over.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
  • For us normal folk, flying on a plane can be a huge headache.
    — Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Under the heat of the sun, headaches and stomach pains set in.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Most people are happy that a headache in their lives is over.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • People may have symptoms such as fever, headache and body aches.
    — Dr. Andrew Bernstein, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • But that will not solve all their scheduling headaches.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The passing trains have been a headache for area commuters for decades.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2022
  • This tends to bring headaches of its own due to misaligned systems.
    — Thomas Berndorfer, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • At some point teams ask themselves if the player is the worth the headache?
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • There are more than 300 headache causes.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Maria still has vision problems and headaches.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026

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