under the weather

Example Sentences

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Dick Van Dyke was reportedly under the weather Saturday and couldn’t host his recurring Vandy Camp fan event with his wife at the couple’s namesake theater at Malibu High School.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

LIV said it was because of illness and he had been "feeling under the weather all week".

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

Being under the weather couldn't keep Morgan from keeping tabs on the team and his Knicks-branded phone case was visible in the photo.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

The pope has been under the weather for several days.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Isobel racks her brain for the last time she felt under the weather and she can only come up with a head cold she had a decade ago, the winter before she met Marco.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern