How to Use common cold in a Sentence

common cold

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• That’s been done with some of the viruses that cause the common cold.
  — Joanne Silberner, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2020
• The flu and common cold were the most prevalent viruses found in the bins back in 2016.
  — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
• For the most part the latest version of the virus is more like a mild flu or a common cold.
  — Carl Weiser, The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2022
• How is one to know if an illness is the common cold with cough for weeks or the virus?!
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2021
• But it’s not just a matter of taking off for the common cold.
  — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 2 Dec. 2022
• But people who say it’s like the common cold -- it’s not.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 3 Dec. 2020
• The research on zinc's effect on the common cold has been mixed.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 19 May 2024
• Sometimes a common cold virus, like rhinovirus, is in the mix.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• And more than 200 viruses (!) can cause the common cold, according to the CDC.
  — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
• And the Omicron variant can’t be equated with the common cold.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
• The Cleveland Clinic says the common cold lasts seven to 10 days: Days 1 to 3: This is the early stages of the cold.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• This goes for the common cold, the flu and viruses that could be life-threatening.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2022
• In fact, one study found that zinc lozenges were able to reduce the duration of the common cold by 33%.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• They have been used for cholera, typhoid, malaria, and even the common cold.
  — Mick Krever, Phil Black and Cristiana Moisescu, CNN, 12 Oct. 2020
• That included the delta and omicron variants and the common cold virus.
  — Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2022
• Although the infection feels like a cold or the flu for many people, this is not the common cold.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 10 Sep. 2023
• The symptoms of the common cold are typically a stuffy head, the sniffles and body aches.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• Lewis: The symptoms of RSV are often similar to the common cold.
  — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2023
• Rhinovirus, cause of the common cold, rarely sends people to the hospital.
  — Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2022
• Will there also be an increase in cases of the common cold?
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
• For most, Covid will be no more serious than the common cold.
  — Dr. Tom Frieden, CNN, 23 July 2021
• As a child, even a common cold could send Robles to the hospital.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
• These viruses, however, are not the kind that will give you the common cold or flu (or worse).
  — Issy Ronald, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
• There is to date no cure or vaccine for the common cold since there is such a variety of strains.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2020
• But the idea of an over-the-counter way to shorten the misery of a common cold has proved wildly popular.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2024
• That coronavirus is now one of four that causes the common cold.
  — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 23 Jan. 2021
• Most people who catch one only have a mild illness (like the common cold) or don't get sick at all, the CDC notes.
  — Sarah Lemire, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• As with cancer or even the common cold, no one has solved all of Covid-19’s many mysteries.
  — New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
• Just as the common cold and flu mutate a little each year, coronavirus could do the same.
  — USA Today, 25 Aug. 2020
• As fall deepens, common colds and the flu are spreading, but one poke can help protect your health.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024