get sick

Example Sentences

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Then the cow starts to get sick, there’s no one to take care of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

With hantavirus, the incubation period can take up to six weeks, so people must be isolated for a really long time to ensure they won’t get sick and start infecting others.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

"Nobody chooses to get sick, much less infect others, much less lose a mother."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

“The whole time I had my housing, not once did I get sick or have to be hospitalized,” said Torres, who grew up in Redlands and Baldwin Park.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

There is never a good time to get sick, but this is a particularly bad time.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly