Examples of fall sick in a Sentence
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Migrants often fall sick after being stuck in close quarters, airline workers said, and some seem fragile.
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Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Topsy was the first of the eight Andamanese to fall sick.
—Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
And when an outbreak hits a federal prison, the number of prisoners who fall sick is staggering.
—Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020
The problem is, people fall sick asynchronously and get boosted on their own schedules, so the timing varies for everyone.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
Already, hospitals are becoming crippled as hundreds of health workers fall sick with the variant.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2022
Further, the Health Professionals and Allied Employees union in New Jersey asserted the lack of proper protective gear, inadequate training and lax government enforcement of safety requirements caused hundreds of front-line health workers to fall sick with coronavirus infection.
—David Robinson, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2020
Betty Rivera was the first in her household to fall sick, early last month.
—New York Times, 23 Jan. 2021
But when more people began to fall sick the following month, officials tried to curb the spread while also closing as few stores as possible, as federal relief for businesses had dried up.
—Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Topsy was the first of the eight Andamanese to fall sick.
—Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
And when an outbreak hits a federal prison, the number of prisoners who fall sick is staggering.
—Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020
The problem is, people fall sick asynchronously and get boosted on their own schedules, so the timing varies for everyone.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
Already, hospitals are becoming crippled as hundreds of health workers fall sick with the variant.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2022
Further, the Health Professionals and Allied Employees union in New Jersey asserted the lack of proper protective gear, inadequate training and lax government enforcement of safety requirements caused hundreds of front-line health workers to fall sick with coronavirus infection.
—David Robinson, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2020
Betty Rivera was the first in her household to fall sick, early last month.
—New York Times, 23 Jan. 2021
But when more people began to fall sick the following month, officials tried to curb the spread while also closing as few stores as possible, as federal relief for businesses had dried up.
—Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
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