Sample sentences for INFLUENZA

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Definition

acute highly contagious respiratory disease commonly called the flu

Three influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century killing tens of millions of people.

But before proceedings could get under way, Ruby was admitted to the now-legendary Parkland Hospital for symptoms of the flu.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
And there was a record made by a camp doctor at a subcamp in Kassel, Germany, that a Daniel LeBlanc contracted influenza in the first part of 1943.
Anthony Doerr -- All the Light We Cannot See
I told Willow John that more than likely, it was the flu; Granma had said that it was going around practical everywheres.
Forest Carter -- Education of Little Tree
I was home sick with the flu.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
"I'm a little light-headed but I think it's a touch of the flu," she said.
Walter Dean Myers -- Slam!
Like I'd had the flu but was better now.
James Patterson -- School's Out - Forever
Friday, she had to work straight through—a sixteen-hour shift—because the company was short-handed on account of an influenza epidemic.
Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Well, dear chap, it's up to us to beat them on the flu, and I've chosen you to represent us in the race.
Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
We have almost grown accustomed to it; war is a cause of death like cancer and tuberculosis, like influenza and dysentery.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
Oscar felt terrible; he was coming down with the flu, but he tried to ignore it.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
"Yes, but through all of that, I didn't catch the flu."
Heather Brewer -- Tenth Grade Bleeds
It might have been the flu or a bad reaction to Mom's sloppy Joes.
Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
He had taken influenza, they told Eugene, from one of Daisy's children.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
I was having a big day running, even though I had to have fluids administered intravenously throughout the game because of the flu.
Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes
The first thing it did was to spawn a whole Pandora's box of DNA viruses-smallpox, influenza, and so on.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
It was the same way he'd looked at her when she was eleven years old and had the flu with a spiking fever.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
Both of us on the sofa, and I had the flu.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
Thcy die of influenza, of consumption, of fevers that no one even bothers to name.
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Uprising
Doc says you'll catch the flu if you don't quit.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato

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