How to Use sickness in a Sentence

sickness

noun
  • He died from an unknown sickness.
  • With the triple threat of flu, Covid-19 and RSV, get ready for more sickness.
    Wsj Staff, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The whole point of getting a fever is to slowly cook the sickness out of your body, killing off the pathogens in the process.
    Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain.
    Vulture, 20 July 2023
  • Not long after, the horse stabled next to it came down with the same sickness.
    John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Because as George kicked the sickness and breathed easier, his team has done the same.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Nearby, a 3-year-old boy wailed between bouts of sickness and reached out for his aunt’s hand.
    Natalie Kitroeff Adriana Zehbrauskas, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Nearby, a three-year-old boy wailed between bouts of sickness and reached out for his aunt’s hand.
    Natalie Kitroeff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The mesh panel is a nice touch that lets your dog see out the front only, which can help prevent car sickness.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2023
  • This is the second show Aerosmith has cancelled this week due to Tyler’s sickness.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The result can be an increase in sickness among the surviving rats.
    WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The bear in question appeared to be healthy and showed no signs of sickness or disease, Tucker said.
    Ashley Paige, Peoplemag, 17 June 2023
  • Through him, when all is completed, there will be no more sickness or pain.
    Blair Donovan, Country Living, 18 Oct. 2022
  • That was not the only time Bonifield worked through pain, sickness and injury.
    Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Georgia’s rate of flu-like sickness has been dropping since reaching a peak in the week ending Nov. 5.
    Shelia Poole, ajc, 22 Dec. 2022
  • There is a real sickness in this country as guns are NOW the Leading cause of death for our children!
    Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • It could be caused by anxiety and stress, a long workout, or sickness.
    Eleni Thomas, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Adama Sanogo missed two of the last three practices with a non-Covid related sickness, Hurley said.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Or did sickness and surgery reveal what was already there?
    Allegra Goodman, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In contrast, their mother’s bedroom oozes a sense of sickness.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Read began chemotherapy in March and took a six-month leave to avoid other sickness.
    USA Today, 12 June 2023
  • People are most contagious in the early days of their sickness.
    Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Help was still struggling to reach many people in need, fueling fears of sickness among the ruins.
    Ziad Jaber, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • And all his concerns about his voice being subpar because of his sickness were for naught.
    Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Anything and everything that stayed down quickly became a bonus as the team battled the sickness that swept through.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Bacteria often get a bad rap as germs that cause sickness.
    Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune Well, 23 Apr. 2023
  • An unknown sickness starts sweeping through the village.
    Dora Leu, Variety, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Mold is a fungus that thrives in moist spaces and reduces air quality which can lead to sickness.
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 9 Feb. 2023
  • As people died from childbirth, sickness and wars, they were laid to rest on the farm, where family members could care for their graves.
    Sarah Hume, The Courier-Journal, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Zane Gaul, also battling sickness, had 16 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2023

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