under the weather
Example Sentences
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Jones, 25, had knocked out Venus Williams in the first round despite feeling under the weather but struggled against Pegula.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
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
I kept an open mind, thinking maybe he really was just under the weather that night but it had opened the floodgates of concerns that had been out there for a while.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024
The pope has been under the weather for several days.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024
From some need of his own, Don Bernardo pretended his wife was just under the weather rather than suffering from dementia.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
