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
  • Zavzpret, a migraine drug, will sell at half price.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The chronic migraines were the last piece.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • 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
  • Others simply fade on their own, in the way that migraines come and go.
    — Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Dead serious, caught a migraine, but just had to tough it out.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Here are just a few of the crucial things in her migraine self-care toolkit.
    — SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
  • One in 11 kids have had a type of severe headache called a migraine.
    — Katherine Cobb-Pitstick, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Some patients find the side effects worse than the migraines.
    — New York Times, 17 May 2018
  • That click sound sets off something in your brain destined to give you a migraine.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • But don’t relax too much if the migraine doesn’t happen right away.
    — Alice Oglethorpe, Men's Health, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Every week for the last decade, her migraines have increased.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Snow is on the streets and many of the families are sick with colds, coughs, and migraines.
    — Eve MacSweeney, Vogue, 22 June 2018
  • 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
  • Too much or too little sleep both have the potential to bring on a migraine.
    — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
  • My migraines were the result of my straining to see anything at all.
    — Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Senzel has been plagued my migraines and bouts of vertigo in the past.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2019
  • Anything avant-garde could induce a migraine.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • The headaches tend to crop up more among males and people with a history of migraines.
    — Carla Delgado, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • One stock tale is that trepanning is one of the most ancient treatments for migraines.
    — Katherine Foxhall, Smithsonian, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Now, each day without a migraine feels like a small miracle.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The teen had spent the day boating with neighbors, but returned home with a migraine.
    — Rachael Trost, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Finding the right treatment plan for your migraine can be, well, a journey.
    — SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Lockwood now knows that much of what plagued her was a state of perpetual migraine.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The rookie from Notre Dame was kept on the sideline with a migraine.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, baltimoresun.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The explanation, as laid out by Sheets, will give you a migraine.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • For instance, this could mean treating a seizure, a migraine, or in my son's case, letting the flu run its course.
    — Lindsey Getz, Parents, 1 Nov. 2024
  • For instance, this could mean treating a seizure, a migraine, or in my son's case, letting the flu run its course.
    — Lindsey Getz, Parents, 10 Jan. 2026

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