illness

Example Sentences

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"It is with deep sadness that my family and I announce the passing of my husband, Charlie Dalin, following a long illness," his wife Perrine Le Pape said in a message to AFP on Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Homelessness can cause mental illness, and mental illness can cause addiction, and vice versa.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Higher intakes are sometimes needed during illness, frailty or recovery, unless someone has been advised to restrict protein because of kidney disease or another condition.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

The just-quirky-girls-at-a-country-club mood does eventually turn darker, but the musical, like some other works of art about mental illness, often falls into the trap of romanticizing it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Meg stayed at home, lest she should infect the Kings, and kept house, feeling very anxious and a little guilty when she wrote letters in which no mention was made of Beth’s illness.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott