Definition of Illness

a disease or sickness of the body

Examples of Illness in a sentence

After coming down with a strange illness, the sick girl could no longer walk or talk.  🔊

Illness was rampant in the poor country, with many of the people dying from disease.  🔊

The child ran a fever with her illness and could not go to school.  🔊

Since there is no cure for the woman’s illness, the doctors sent her home to die in peace.  🔊

A polio vaccine was created to keep people from getting the deadly illness.  🔊

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