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as in illness
the condition of not being in good health
she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life
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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant or animal's normal bodily functioning
a sickness that resulted in the death of millions of the nation's elm trees
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as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting
the sickness that many women feel during the early months of a pregnancy
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Recent Examples of sickness
A lot of the book is conversation, much of it about the social sickness that Lawrence was obsessed with—passages not exactly conducive to arousal.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Champion Foods says no reports of injuries or sickness related to these products have been made.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
So yeah, there was this painful past of dispossession and disease and sickness and population loss.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
The test is whether MAHA can force government to stop subsidizing, shielding, and defending the industries that profit from sickness.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Champion Foods says no reports of injuries or sickness related to these products have been made.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
So yeah, there was this painful past of dispossession and disease and sickness and population loss.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
The test is whether MAHA can force government to stop subsidizing, shielding, and defending the industries that profit from sickness.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for sickness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickness
Noun
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Foster is among a list of country stars who have recently canceled shows last minute due to illness.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Eventually, the ways in which our body tried to cope — by sweating, for example - no longer suffice, which can result in illnesses like heat stroke, which typically starts when core temperature hits 104 F or more and can lead to death.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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By 1900 that landscape of disease was beginning to change—but slowly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The disease can also be transmitted to humans through ticks and deer flies.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
11 June 2026
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High doses of vitamin D may cause side effects like nausea, vomiting, and kidney stones.—
Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
11 Dec. 2025
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Common signs include nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, stomach cramps, mild fever and body aches.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Dec. 2025
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Over time, wide use of antibiotics for a variety of ailments has created patient resistance.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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At a very young age, we are taught what teas to drink to help with various ailments and what flowers to dress our wounds with (yarrow, usually).—
Ivana Rihter,
Vogue,
21 Aug. 2025
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Though Republicans once balked at tax hikes of that size, this one in particular needs to be considered in the context of the other ills these tariffs bring.—
Daniel Bunn,
Fortune,
2 Dec. 2025
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As a result of her work with AMRs, Wise avoids framing humanoids as some sort of industrial panacea for every economic ill, from labor shortages to manufacturing bottlenecks.—
James Vincent,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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Even fever can’t keep him down, as the 27-year-old dragged himself off the bench at half-time to score a brace and change the game in a 3-2 comeback triumph at Torino on Monday.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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He was hospitalized with fever, difficulty swallowing and an extreme fear of water.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickness. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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