illness

Example Sentences

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Many wished for strength to combat physical or mental illness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Raducanu had looked far from her best in her past two matches following illness but, 16 days after her first-round exit at Roland Garros, the Briton made afresh on Andy Murray Arena.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 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

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

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow