come down with
Example Sentences
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Her father, for his part, recalled how it felt to come down with hantavirus, causing body aches and a bitter taste that even made sipping water unpleasant.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Animals that catch it typically come down with a high temperature before developing blisters, usually around the mouth or feet.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
“They come down with energy and they come down with interest rates,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
More than 3 years earlier, in the summer of 2020, Hayden had come down with COVID-19 while visiting family in Colorado.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 11, 2024
It was during his third visit to Port Harcourt that the steward knocked on the bedroom door to announce, “Major Madu came, madam,” and Kainene asked if Richard would please come down with her.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
