splitting headache

Example Sentences

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Sometimes I play a scene with a splitting headache and people don't even know, but I know, so that makes some sense.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

Both complained of a splitting headache and fever that didn’t respond to the anti-malaria treatment.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2023

There was no warning of what was to come in March 2015, other than the splitting headache she woke up with.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

My husband and I are already sleep-deprived from the baby and cranky from helping a first grader with Zoom all day, and this just turns my splitting headache into a migraine.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2021

The darkness rolled out as it had rolled in, leaving a splitting headache and sore muscles in its wake.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack