illness

Example Sentences

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Both bots identified dips in my heart-rate variability data and an increase in resting heart rate from my smartwatch, which could indicate my body has been fighting an illness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The disease is treatable with antibiotics, and early diagnosis helps prevent severe illness and hospitalization.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Patients with more severe illness had a greater number of these clusters, while healthy donor lungs showed none.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Former bandmates have paid tribute to Showaddywaddy guitarist Trevor Oakes, who has died following a long illness.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Although his illness wasn’t diagnosed, he called it camp fever, a term often used for typhoid fever.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow