1
a
: ill health : illness
b
: a disordered, weakened, or unsound condition
2
: a specific disease
3
: nausea, queasiness
Examples of sickness in a Sentence
He died from an unknown sickness.
she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life
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With fire and broadsword came pestilence, in the form of a sickness called Morrisania fever, which carried off many Refugees.
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Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
On a chair, sprawled out gasping for air after completing the job, Bridges recalled Williams, who didn’t buy the sickness story, celebrating a job well done.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
What if the nurses could have donned hazmat suits and gloves, collected a blood sample from Emile, then sent it down the hall for a laboratory technician to test for a range of potential viruses or bacteria causing his sickness?
—Jess Craig, Vox, 1 July 2024
Instances of long-term sickness among women have spiked 48% in the last five years, an astonishing rise that accounts for the majority of the overall increase in long-term sickness across the British labor force.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
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Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
On a chair, sprawled out gasping for air after completing the job, Bridges recalled Williams, who didn’t buy the sickness story, celebrating a job well done.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
What if the nurses could have donned hazmat suits and gloves, collected a blood sample from Emile, then sent it down the hall for a laboratory technician to test for a range of potential viruses or bacteria causing his sickness?
—Jess Craig, Vox, 1 July 2024
Instances of long-term sickness among women have spiked 48% in the last five years, an astonishing rise that accounts for the majority of the overall increase in long-term sickness across the British labor force.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
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“Sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickness. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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sickness
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sick·ness
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