under the weather
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It was wilting under the weather and the weight of a team from Iowa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
LIV said it was because of illness and he had been "feeling under the weather all week".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
Shortstop Mookie Betts first started feeling under the weather during the Dodgers’ final week of spring camp, sitting out their final two Cactus League games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
She returned to public duties last week, but is understood to still be under the weather after a busy week of engagements.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
Isobel racks her brain for the last time she felt under the weather and she can only come up with a head cold she had a decade ago, the winter before she met Marco.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
![]()