come down with
Example Sentences
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Her father, for his part, recalled how it felt to come down with hantavirus, causing body aches and a bitter taste that even made sipping water unpleasant.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Animals that catch it typically come down with a high temperature before developing blisters, usually around the mouth or feet.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
More than 3 years earlier, in the summer of 2020, Hayden had come down with COVID-19 while visiting family in Colorado.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 11, 2024
It can be worse for others, but even so, we have come to accept that occasionally we’re going to come down with the disease, and we move on.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024
His lips formed the words as he let it come down with a grunt which was a blending of a curse, a prayer and a groan.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
