sick person
Example Sentences
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The 2018-19 Andes virus outbreak in Argentina also showed that close contact is needed for transmission, including “being seated very close” to the sick person, Chin-Hong said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Kissing doesn’t seem to have played a major role in these beliefs, though it is entirely possible that one avoided kissing a sick person.
From Scientific American • May 18, 2023
"They're moving a sick person and her health can deteriorate even more by moving her."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023
In each cluster, it spread within families from a sick person in the home.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023
“It’s supposed to live for a thousand years. If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.”
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
