1
a
: ill health : illness
b
: a disordered, weakened, or unsound condition
2
: a specific disease
3
: nausea, queasiness
Examples of sickness in a Sentence
He died from an unknown sickness.
she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life
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Jesus loves the children, and advocating for them to be exposed to preventable sickness and death defies every tenet of Jesus loving the little children.
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Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
The Bulls’ championship banners are down with the sickness.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
The Texas state health department reports that 90% of non-immune people become infected just by being near someone with the airborne sickness.
—Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
The key is not to overdo it, something avid exercisers struggle with when sickness strikes.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
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Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
The Bulls’ championship banners are down with the sickness.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
The Texas state health department reports that 90% of non-immune people become infected just by being near someone with the airborne sickness.
—Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
The key is not to overdo it, something avid exercisers struggle with when sickness strikes.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sickness
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“Sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickness. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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sickness
noun
sick·ness
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