HEADACHE in a Sentence

Learn HEADACHE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

61 example sentences for HEADACHE, such as:

1. She was suffering from a headache.
2. I suppose he's over his headache now.
3. She took a couple of headache tablets.
4. His headaches stemmed from vision problems.
5. She has a headache and is rather indisposed.

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 Meanings and Examples of HEADACHE
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headache
 n.  pain you feel inside your head
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1  She'd hurry to her room and plead a headache.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
2  She'd say she had a headache and didn't feel like going to the reception.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
3  She had excused herself from the walk on the plea of a headache: the horrid headache which, in the morning, had prevented her venturing to church.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
4  Carol's hero-worship dwindled to polite nodding, and the nodding dwindled to a desire to escape, and she went home with a headache.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  If Carol was so indiscreet as to murmur that she had a small headache, instantly the two Smails and Kennicott were at it.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
6  I suppose he's over his headache now.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
7  And so he was out before daylight the next morning, headache, heartache, and all.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
8  So he tramped on until exercise and fresh air banished his headache, and his strength and joy returned.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
9  He spent half the night lying unconscious, and the balance moaning in torment, with a blinding headache and a racking thirst.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
10  Mamma always uses it for headache, and it'll make you feel better.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
11  Marie always had a headache on hand for any conversation that did not exactly suit her.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  Beth had a headache and lay on the sofa, trying to comfort herself with the cat and three kittens.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
13  Cuddle your cats and get over your headache, Bethy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
14  You'll have a splitting headache tomorrow, if you drink much of that.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
15  Jo had burned the skin off her nose boating, and got a raging headache by reading too long.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  I didn't attend the meeting owing to the headache.
2  She took a couple of headache tablets.
3  The medicine is an effective cure for a headache.
4  He has a headache and isn't feeling communicative today.
5  A walk in the fresh air soon conjured her headache away.
6  For many years, experts in occupational health have puzzled over symptoms reported by office workers, including headache, nausea and fatigue.
7  I had a headache this morning, but I'm all right now.
8  She has a headache and is rather indisposed.
9  She was suffering from a headache.
10  Except for a small pang, her headache has gone.
11  The treatment has a whole host of extremely unpleasant side-effects including weight gain, acne, skin rashes and headaches.
12  His headaches stemmed from vision problems.
13  He suffered headaches and double vision after hitting his head in the accident.
14  It is necessary initially to classify the headaches into certain types.
15  The drug is effective but has a tendency to cause headaches.