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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City officials did not immediately respond to a question Thursday afternoon about whether any bacterial sickness in humans had been reported.
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
The turmoil within the Star Wars fandom, in Carano’s telling, is a microcosm of a broader sickness.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
The most sicknesses were reported in Michigan.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
The turmoil within the Star Wars fandom, in Carano’s telling, is a microcosm of a broader sickness.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
The most sicknesses were reported in Michigan.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
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 2 May. 2026.
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sickness
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sick·ness
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