How to Use migraine in a Sentence

migraine

noun
Definition of migrainenext
  • Others simply fade on their own, in the way that migraines come and go.
    — Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 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
  • In recent years, looking at the NBA draft has given me a migraine.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Simply store the cap in the freezer to firm up its inch-thick layer of gel, then slip it on and wear until your migraine is manageable.
    — Jancee Dunn, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2020
  • First, a person with chronic headaches copes with head pain or migraine symptoms every other day (or for at least fifteen days in a normal month).
    — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • She was legally prescribed an array of medicine to address everything from migraines to stomach problems and back pain from implants to seizures.
    — Allie Yang, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • What once tormented like an annual migraine feels like ancient history.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2020
  • On the 265th day of her isolation, Barbie Furtado woke with a migraine.
    — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Pain on one side of your head, pain that throbs, pain that is moderate to severe, and pain that gets worse with physical activity are all indicators of a migraine.
    — Kate Watson, Allure, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Treating a menstrual migraine is different from managing other types of period pain.
    — Kate Watson, Allure, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The tests for inflammation showed no evidence of T.A. His left-side headache could have been a migraine, which can cause a transient loss of vision.
    — New York Times, 4 Feb. 2021
  • In 2018, the CDC reported that women are more than twice as likely as men to have had a migraine within the last three months.
    — Kate Watson, Allure, 9 Mar. 2021
  • His rotations are designed to foster a migraine by splintering opposing defenses and leaving opponents to pick between a series of less than ideal options.
    — John Canzano, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2021
  • This is an example of neuromodulation, which is increasingly being used to treat a wide variety of chronic pain conditions throughout the body, from foot pain to migraines.
    — Rachael Rzasa Lynn, The Conversation, 25 July 2024
  • But the next day, the migraine kicked up again—and the pain was ten times worse.
    — Jessica Herndon, Essence, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Travis Dye opened his day at the Rose Bowl with a migraine.
    — oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The sheer number of puns alone would give me a migraine.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
  • Here’s every type of migraine, and how to tell them apart.
    — Ashley Abramson, Allure, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, my migraine attacks came back with a vengeance.
    — Ashley Jackson, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Here are just a few of the crucial things in her migraine self-care toolkit.
    — SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The headaches tend to crop up more among males and people with a history of migraines.
    — Carla Delgado, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • That click sound sets off something in your brain destined to give you a migraine.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • My migraines were the result of my straining to see anything at all.
    — Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Every week for the last decade, her migraines have increased.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But don’t relax too much if the migraine doesn’t happen right away.
    — Alice Oglethorpe, Men's Health, 21 Oct. 2022
  • In the ad, Williams recreates the time she was hit with a migraine in the middle of an important meeting.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Guard Josh Richardson sat out on Wednesday due to a migraine.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Simon was suffering from a migraine and was stretched out on top of the equipment in the back of the van, trying to sleep it off.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The Pacers lost Caris LeVert for the second half because of a migraine.
    — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2021

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