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

Listen to Yeat for the first time and you may end up bewildered, with a splitting headache and the nihilistic view that modern hit music as we know it is ruined.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2023

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

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2023

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

Down in the arts wing, Mrs. Peters, nursing her extra-large thermos and a splitting headache, began to fidget.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng