sickness

Example Sentences

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"The degree of illness and sickness that I went through was hell on earth, it was torture, to go through that and to be able to bounce back."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

It has been used to treat West African sleeping sickness, a chronic illness spread by the tsetse fly.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

While she was prepared physically and practically, nothing could ready her for the madness of the roads she would take or the sickness she would battle.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

That’s because we see spending on our health at a younger age as a way to prevent sickness later in life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The worry went from my head and sunk down to my chest and settled to a sickness in my stomach.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff