Below you will find example sentences with "get sick". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Get Sick in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: sick
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "get sick" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as because they get sick or because, chilled ren get sick mom and, people, don and take stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with get ready, get married, get better, got sick and sick days, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with get sick
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
He thought that only unlucky people would get sick from his poison. (12 words)
People here prayed hard that they didn’t get sick or get bitten by anything. (15 words)
If more people got immunized, she says, fewer people would get sick - even people who don't get vaccinated. (19 words)
Having her get sick and die in a single episode was one of the most devastating and surprising things I've ever seen on TV, and possibly the closest to how it feels for someone to suddenly get ill or injured in real life. (44 words)
Sure, your personal car may seem more sanitary, but in normal times—which we all hope to get back to—you’re no more likely to get sick from a normal bus or train ride than you are from other normal, daily activities. (43 words)
Tens of millions of people worldwide get sick, over a million die, it’s on every news channel, you can talk to people everywhere who have been sick, and you still don’t believe it exists? (36 words)
Tens of millions of people worldwide get sick, over a million die, it’s on every news channel, you can talk to people everywhere who have been sick, and you still don’t believe it exists? (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
But it was also the view that the coronavirus has moved on and also it’s OK if you get sick, because the more people who get sick, you are basically immune.
It’s very likely that some of your employees will be forced to miss time, either because they get sick or because they have to take care of sick family members.
Tens of millions of people worldwide get sick, over a million die, it’s on every news channel, you can talk to people everywhere who have been sick, and you still don’t believe it exists?
Taxi drivers transporting the sick have succumbed to Ebola during previous outbreaks, but even if they don’t get sick themselves, they facilitate the movement of people carrying the virus.
Most people who become sick will recover after a few days, but it’s also possible to get sick and infect others without showing symptoms yourself.
Having her get sick and die in a single episode was one of the most devastating and surprising things I've ever seen on TV, and possibly the closest to how it feels for someone to suddenly get ill or injured in real life.
Though illness and death may be the universals of earthly existence, the way that we get sick—and, sometimes, get better—has everything to do with the luck of the moment.
Do not suffer, do not get sick, do not get angry … better assume your life and make the changes you want in your own life.
Dr Chant said anyone who went to the Thai Rock restaurant between July 10 and 14 should check for symptoms and if they get sick, self-isolate immediately and get tested.
Every restaurant worker needs to have the ability to get health insurance for themselves and loved ones without fear of having nowhere to turn when they get sick.
Italy’s active cases – a key curve that turns downward when more people get well each day than get sick – has rolled over by 24% since its peak in April.
Sure, your personal car may seem more sanitary, but in normal times—which we all hope to get back to—you’re no more likely to get sick from a normal bus or train ride than you are from other normal, daily activities.
If more people got immunized, she says, fewer people would get sick - even people who don't get vaccinated.
I’m not suggesting there shouldn’t be a net for those who stumble, get sick, or get chewed up by an economy that buries more people than it lifts.
Health departments also said people bitten by mosquitoes don’t need to get tested for the virus because it’s rare for people to get sick from mosquito bites.
People here prayed hard that they didn’t get sick or get bitten by anything.
Village water is so awful that villagers regularly get sick, but to get to the nearest hospital they have to walk 2 km to the highway where they take a bus to the nearest town.
Of note was a former magazine colleague and breast cancer survivor who testified that O'Donnell said to her on the phone that people who lie "get sick and they get cancer.
He thought that only unlucky people would get sick from his poison.
If one of the chilled-ren get sick, mom and dad make sure that they take a chill pill.