sickness

Example Sentences

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Four people were hospitalised and there were more than 140 confirmed cases of sickness and diarrhoea during the 54-day incident in May 2024.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

There are a number of obvious factors which have combined to blow open the singles draws - injury, sickness, the ageing process and the unusual heatwave which hit Paris.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

In reality, she is prone to motion sickness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

They’ll be using their current experience to do so, including the higher sickness and death rates they’re seeing thanks to a higher uninsured or underinsured population.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

By the end of the week I had worked myself into such a sickness of body and spirit that Mr. Moorman stopped at my bench to ask if something were wrong.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom