be ill with
Example Sentences
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From spring, the second phase of vaccination will focus on the rest of the adult population - mainly under-50s, who are much less likely to be ill with Covid-19.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2021
Almost 200 others are thought to be ill with the virus, according to a Newsom administration official not authorized to speak publicly.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2020
Among those reported to be ill with influenza were Premier Aleksei Kosygin and President Nikolai Podgorny.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Robert," said Mary, pale with emotion, "I thought—yes, I thought as you did, that—We must both be ill with fever, Robert."
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules
With the "Agamemnon," "We are all well; indeed, nobody can be ill with my ship's company, they are so fine a set."
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
