How to Use stomachache in a Sentence

stomachache

noun
  • Eating too much food will give you a stomachache.
  • Side effects include gas, bloating, and stomachache.
  • Eating the wrong food, or too much of the right one, can cause a stomachache.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Eating the wrong food, or too much of the right one, can cause a stomachache.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2024
  • One of my kids is bound to have a stomachache, a cut, or sticky fingers at any time.
    — Jen Jones, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Even just writing about it is giving me a stomachache.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Over time that stomachache could turn into something much worse.
    — Chelese Perry, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But more often, I’ll be pinned to the couch for hours with a stomachache.
    — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Like all sugar rushes, the high fades fast and you’re left with a stomachache.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Like all sugar rushes, the high fades fast and you’re left with a stomachache.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Does your child have increased headaches, stomachaches or other pains?
    — Larry Villano, Lpc, Lisac, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
  • Jay was at home, sick with another stomachache, when the text message came in.
    — Casey Parks, OregonLive.com, 28 July 2017
  • There's this restaurant in my hometown that always gives me a stomachache.
    — Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The crew breaks for lunch, save for Wood, who’s got a stomachache 15 apples in.
    — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Just thinking about how embarrassing that will be is enough to give me a stomachache.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Hoping to keep it healthy and maybe bulk up your muscles while also avoiding a stomachache?
    — Dallas News, 6 July 2020
  • For example, anxiety may show up as a stomachache or a headache.
    — Andrea Kane, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The boy came into the nurse’s office that day complaining of a stomachache.
    — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Music class, where we were expected to sing solos, gave me a stomachache.
    — Vogue, 31 May 2022
  • The boy has suffered sleepless nights, complaining of a headache and a stomachache.
    — Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
  • At least at these schools, the days are gone when a school nurse could only offer basic care for scrapes, fevers and stomachaches.
    — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • There are passages about headaches, hosiery, walnuts, stomachaches, laundry.
    — Molly Young, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Your child shows physical signs of stress like frequent headaches, stomachaches, or changes in appetite.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The bill would add mental health days off from school, like sick days for a physical ailment such as a cold or stomachache.
    — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Or saying that Sander had a headache, a stomachache, or just wasn’t feeling well and wanted to come home.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Vogue, 18 July 2017
  • These can include physical symptoms such as headaches or stomachaches.
    — Dr. Mahvash Madni, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Either one or both mice were injected with diluted acetic acid, which is known to cause a mild stomachache.
    — Frans B. M. De Waal, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • Others have described having a more general pain or stomachache that won't go away.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
  • Symptoms can vary from person to person, but common ones are hard or lumpy stool, stomachache and nausea.
    — Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
  • One day, Maria gets a terrible stomachache and goes to the emergency room.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022

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