How to Use food poisoning in a Sentence

food poisoning

noun
  • For the fifth, Steele dealt with what was thought to be food poisoning.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Just as well, since that would be a recipe for food poisoning.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
  • So yes, the stomach flu can be a type of food poisoning.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 30 Sep. 2020
  • And a case of food poisoning forced him to sit out a game against Hobart.
    Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Got food poisoning and the server draymond kicked me in the groin.
    Langston Wertz Jr., charlotteobserver, 21 June 2018
  • Doctors may not be on the lookout for it as a cause of food poisoning, the FDA said.
    Maggie Fox /, NBC News, 14 July 2018
  • The longer raw fish sits around in a kitchen, the higher the likelihood of food poisoning.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Half of the camp has come down with dysentery & food poisoning.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2018
  • So, what does a case of food poisoning have to do with breast implants?
    Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 10 Oct. 2018
  • Read on for the details to avoid any chance of leftover rice food poisoning in the future.
    Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2022
  • There is still a risk of food poisoning if the eggs have been mishandled.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
  • No food is worth salvaging for a bout of food poisoning.
    Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In the four decades since, Coombs has missed only one day of work—because of food poisoning.
    Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The team also had to adjust to the absence of Nani, who was sidelined due to food poisoning.
    Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 15 July 2019
  • The outbreak was the nation's largest E. coli food poisoning outbreak in more than a decade.
    CBS News, 29 June 2018
  • Both men said the food was poor, with meat rare and food poisoning not uncommon.
    Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 16 May 2018
  • In fact, food poisoning is very common in the United States.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Aired during episode six of the show, the row started when Ruhl was bedbound with food poisoning.
    Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
  • Trevor Allison was raised by his aunt and uncle and died at the age of 18 from food poisoning.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2018
  • What’s worse than food poisoning or catching a cold and being stuck in bed?
    Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, 13 July 2018
  • At the risk of sounding dramatic, but one false slurp can leave with a nasty case of food poisoning.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Steady rain and crippling food poisoning could not slow down Woods.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Nobody wants food poisoning – or to make their guests sick.
    Ruth S. MacDonald, The Conversation, 21 July 2021
  • Mims wasn't on the field for most of the offseason program because of his bout with food poisoning.
    Andy Vasquez, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Now, officials are asking them not to consume the food due to a risk of food poisoning.
    Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • He was scratched from an Opening Day start in 2016 because of food poisoning.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 8 July 2020
  • Concerns about rice food poisoning have made the rounds on TikTok.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 30 May 2023
  • Gray was scratched from an Opening Day start in 2016 because of food poisoning.
    John Fay and, Cincinnati.com, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Instead, the designer waited for a few days before coming down with food poisoning.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
  • Three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to , federal food safety officials announced Thursday, and the overall number of people sickened rose to 43.
    Devna Bose, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024

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