How to Use disease in a Sentence

disease

noun
  • They are working to stop the spread of disease in rural areas.
  • Thousands die of heart disease each year.
  • He sees crime as a disease that too often plagues the poor and disadvantaged.
  • He suffers from a rare genetic disease.
  • The article cites intolerance as one of the most dangerous of society's diseases.
  • Here's what to know about how this disease is diagnosed.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 15 Apr. 2023
  • There is no cure for fungal diseases, so prevention is key.
    oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
  • That's a real disease of despair, and that's a real disease of stunted growth.
    Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Gun culture should be treated like an American disease.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Women who are past menopause are at the highest risk of getting osteoporosis, a disease that makes bones weak and brittle.
    Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune Well, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Cancer, a more varied and intractable disease, also has a declining death rate, with the largest improvement in lung cancer.
    Scott Burns, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Sunburns, dehydration, gum disease, smoking and lack of sleep can contribute to unstable blood sugar levels.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • And at a rate that's tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands more times than a person sitting there with a computer trying to guess what the next protein could look like to solve a particular disease.
    Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Because the treatment needs tumor cells to function, it isn’t intended to prevent disease, rather, it is meant to limit the chance of recurrence once the cancer has already been diagnosed.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
  • After identifying the viroid, Diener helped develop a test to detect the one that causes potato spindle tuber disease.
    Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Many historians said Tyler died of cholera, a common disease in the 1800s due to a lack of effective sewage and water filtration systems.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Investing in health system infrastructure, for example, instead of starting a campaign focused on a specific disease.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Bedbugs can be found in every part of the world and are not known to spread disease.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Ozzy has since been doing tai chi to help with symptoms of the disease.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Some died of the disease, others were culled to prevent the virus from spreading.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 14 June 2024
  • The most reliable way to prevent the aging and disease the sun’s rays can cause?
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
  • The disease is spread when the midges bite an infected deer and then bite other deer.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
  • But in fact, the much bigger burden of disease is in older adults.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 31 May 2023
  • Both her parents had the disease, and her father had lost his legs, his vision and then his life to it.
    Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • As of Monday, the disease had been detected in 79 dairy herds across nine states.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • They were married on the peak three weeks later, and Colleen took on the role of caretaker as the disease progressed.
    Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The bacterium is often found in the nose and throat of people without causing the disease.
    Monique Calello, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Her hearing is impaired and her voice no longer carries, both effects of the disease.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Those fish died of gas bubble disease, which happens when the pressure changes while passing through a tunnel at the base of a dam.
    Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This increased the risk of the spread of disease, especially yellow fever.
    David Goodhue Miami Herald (tns), al, 3 May 2023

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