illness

Example Sentences

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A Norwegian appeal court has rejected a request by Marius Borg Høiby to be released from custody because of his mother's serious illness, ahead of a verdict in a rape trial.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Many wished for strength to combat physical or mental illness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Already a major cause of illness and death, CKD is projected to become the fifth leading cause of premature death globally by 2040.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The result can be heard in songs like the hard-driving “Is It Real?” in which Hollywell roars about mental illness and divine intervention, while Santos coats it all in steel honey.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

But over everything lay the shadow: not only the illness, but her whole disgruntled and disappointed life.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom