get sick

Example Sentences

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“The foundation of beating jet lag is to make sure I don’t get sick,” Rascoff says.

From The Wall Street Journal

“People started to get sick of the word ‘internet’ or anything internet-related, and the stock market was very bullish as well,” Chan said, drawing parallels between then and now.

From MarketWatch

By contrast, it takes ingesting thousands of salmonella particles to get sick from that bacterium.

From Los Angeles Times

The move comes as post-pandemic wellness culture has supercharged vaccine hesitancy, expanding objections from a long-debunked link between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism to a more generalized, equally false belief that “healthy” children who eat whole foods and play outside are unlikely to get sick from vaccine-preventable diseases and, if they do, can be treated with “natural” remedies such as beef tallow and cod liver oil.

From Los Angeles Times

"I can't afford to get sick. With breathing difficulties, it always affects my lungs. I make sure I do everything to keep as healthy as possible. Please do get the jabs if you can," she said.

From BBC