fall ill

When she was dropping from loss of sleep, the threat that she would fall ill had to be used to send her to bed.

I had to fall ill to make her remember that she had a Lot as well.

Several times he broke the engagement off, and she would fall ill, and friends would make peace.

The stream itself supplied us with drinking water, but one day our men began to fall ill.

One might fall ill, and if he had no money saved up he might become a burden upon those illy able to support him.