How to Use tonsillitis in a Sentence

tonsillitis

noun

• A month later, Feldstein dropped out of weekend shows to deal with a bout of tonsillitis.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• Melton missed the season opener and went without a point in his first two games after returning from back-to-back bouts with tonsillitis and the flu.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 26 May 2018
• But two days before the test date, Buckingham’s son came down with tonsillitis.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
• Shejust had her fourth child and came down with a chronic case of tonsillitis after one of her older children came home with strep throat.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
• The former investment banker grew up plagued by bouts of tonsillitis, sore throats, and constant visits to nose and throat doctors.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2021
• In 1964, when Starr was hospitalized with tonsillitis, Nicol was recruited to play eight shows with the band.
  — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
• The final straw came during a semester abroad in Italy when Stein came down with a really bad bout of tonsillitis.
  — Michella Oré, Glamour, 5 Nov. 2020
• Joao Mario could miss out again with tonsillitis, as could Eder who has muscular fatigue.
  — SI.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• However, most cases of tonsillitis are caused by a common virus and not bacteria.
  — Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• He eventually was diagnosed with flu and tonsillitis and then discharged, but not before he was photographed lying on the floor cushioned by a coat with an oxygen mask nearby.
  — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
• But in 15 to 30 percent of cases, tonsillitis is caused by bacteria, most often a certain type of streptococcus (a.k.a.
  — Claire Gillespie, SELF, 18 Jan. 2018
• Stein, a Toronto native, had chronic tonsillitis from the age of seven and was severely allergic to antibiotics.
  — Michella Oré, Glamour, 5 Nov. 2020
• Grint also recounted suffering from tonsillitis for several years after filming 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (the fourth film in the franchise).
  — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
• Hugo Lloris has returned to London after leaving Tottenham's pre-season tour prematurely due to a case of tonsillitis.
  — SI.com, 22 July 2019
• Gertrude Whitney entered the picture when little Gloria got tonsillitis.
  — Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 30 Sep. 2016
• The germs that cause viral and bacterial tonsillitis are contagious.
  — Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• Milholland died of tonsillitis, anemia and probable exhaustion before the White House protests began.
  — Alli Hartley-Kong, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020
• In October, Miley was hospitalized for tonsillitis, but then doctors discovered that there was also an issue in her vocal chords, one that had actually been brewing for years.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 11 Nov. 2019
• Issues that potentially create blockage of the airway such as sinus infections, nasal polyps and tonsillitis can exacerbate snoring, according to Yale Medicine.
  — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• In rare cases, bad breath can be caused by other kinds of illnesses or infections — tonsillitis, sinus or lung infections, liver cirrhosis, kidney diseases, pharyngitis or even mouth or neck cancer, Dr. Moretti said.
  — Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• Now it is usually performed only when bacterial tonsillitis occurs frequently, doesn’t respond to other treatments, or causes serious complications.
  — Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• Doctors typically begin a tonsillitis diagnosis with a medical history and current symptoms.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 9 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024