Sentence examples for catch the pox from inspiring English sources

She wrote in her diary: "My poor father's prophecy was verified who said if you marry that scoundrel he will catch the pox and for your amusement set you to make his pultices.

When Win got the chicken pox Jackie want her girl Dolly to sit with our poor dear so she can catch the pox also and don't have to wait for it to come calling on its own and surprise everyone.

Wild birds have caught the canary pox virus, and penguins have been stricken by avian malaria.

Mr. Goz made his Broadway debut in a minor role in "Bajour" in 1964 but filled in for the lead when Herschel Bernardi caught the chicken pox.

Those of us growing up in the 1950s just caught "the usual childhood infections" (measles, rubella, whooping cough, chicken pox, scarlet fever, mumps) and gained our immunity that way.

Shields guest-hosted the show while Walters was out for a couple of weeks after the ABC News veteran caught chicken pox from Frank Langella.

For those who have a severe reaction to the bites and look as if they've caught chicken pox, apply an antihistamine cream or lotion.[4] Especially effective are ointments containing a combination of an antihistamine, analgesic, and corticosteroid, as this can relieve both pain and itching.[5].

I wanted to indicate that they caught chicken pox, mumps and venereal disease.

A Boston Marathon tradition that brought Kenyan runners to a Hopkinton, Mass., elementary school had to be canceled this year when several pupils caught chicken pox.

At one point Ms. Summers catches up by noting that, in a particularly busy period, "Casanova slept with countless prostitutes, cavorted with lesbians in the bathhouses of Berne, and was tricked into having sex with a woman he despised and from whom he caught a bad dose of the pox".

So watch out for the "pox on both your houses" public sentiment.