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

Here’s how I see it: You are probably more likely to get sick on a cruise than on many other kinds of holidays.

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 first person to get sick was a 70-year-old Dutch man, who became ill April 6 and died April 11 on board the ship, according to health officials.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

He’d poke me in the shoulder and say those same words I’d fed to him whenever he’d get sick of his shots missing the basket.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas