fall ill

Example Sentences

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Valeria added that she cannot afford to fall ill, fearing that she could "go into foreclosure" if saddled with hospital bills that would otherwise have gone to paying her mortgage.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

"When the kids would fall ill he'd say that God would heal them. He really believed those teachings."

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

So, too, are their close contacts, who are at risk of acquiring latent TB from them if they fall ill.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

Every year, millions of people around the world fall ill from tuberculosis and more than 1 million people die, despite the disease being preventable and curable.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

"We can't risk having rodents running around. Who's going to help us if they bite and we fall ill?"

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman