get sick

Example Sentences

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Then the cow starts to get sick, there’s no one to take care of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

With hantavirus, the incubation period can take up to six weeks, so people must be isolated for a really long time to ensure they won’t get sick and start infecting others.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

"Nobody chooses to get sick, much less infect others, much less lose a mother."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Their thoughts instead turn to trusts and beneficiary designations for after-death instructions, and they focus heavily on the documents that come into play if you get sick, like power of attorney and a healthcare proxy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

As much as I get sick of eating Mexican food every single day of my life, if heaven existed, I know it would smell like fried tortillas.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez