Sentence examples for because of a slight cold from inspiring English sources
Big firms suffer a workplace curse: it is normal to call in sick on Monday and come back on Friday because of a slight cold.
His voice was slightly hoarse, not so much from overuse as from the residual effects of a slight cold that had bothered him before the fight.
They might get a Bob Marley track stuck in their head and recognise it as the 1968 recording because they can hear a slight cold in Marley's voice and there's someone shouting in the crowd at a particular point.
He died of what was called a slight cold, almost four years to the day of his trek through the blizzard.
They still have a slight cold but there's no feeling of exhaustion.
When we meet on a chilly afternoon, she sounds a little raspy, due to a slight cold, though she's remarkably proud of her husky tones.
Apparently a "slight cold" prevented him from attending.
A slight cold can undermine even singers in their primes.
A textbook said that in adult beer drinkers, "a slight cold brings on a fatal pneumonia".
