get sick

Example Sentences

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In younger adults, focusing on short-term risk often underestimates the probability that they can get sick later in life.

From MarketWatch

"It's not very healthy because everyone can get sick with no running water. And also according to the constitution it's our right to have water."

From BBC

They don't get sick, but can spread it to others who may.

From BBC

“Ba didn’t know that Mr. Lew would get sick and that we’d have to close the shop,” I pointed out.

From Literature

Spelling blamed her five children for the outbreak at her property, joking: “I mean it started with the five petri dishes that live in my house, but they bring things home, that’s normal. And, you know, you work through it, you get sick.”

From MarketWatch