Sentence examples for claiming illness from inspiring English sources

Claiming illness, Pavarotti had canceled both performances.

Charles Cornwallis did not himself surrender at Yorktown; rather, claiming illness, he sent his deputy, Charles O'Hara.

Critics have often accused Mr. Milosevic of claiming illness or exhaustion when he wants more time or when a prominent, difficult witness is scheduled, but Mr. Rakic dismissed such criticism.

Ben Heppner is scheduled to sing Tristan, but you may recall that he gave the Met fits in the role in 2008, claiming illness and showing up for only the last of six planned performances.

The trial of leaders of the abortive 1991 coup has been postponed virtually every time it has convened, with one defendant after another claiming illness; no end is in sight.

Claiming illness, Cohen was being transferred from one hospital to another when he fled the ambulance and successfully avoided recapture.

Like Mr. Pavarotti at the Met, Mr. Licitra, left, claimed illness, but missed only a rehearsal.

"Not one single person has ever claimed illness because of any waste that might have been in the well of an adjacent neighbor," he said.

Hill shared the blame for failing to order him forward as well, but he claimed illness.

Inclusion of a medical condition on the list makes it harder for city officials to challenge the connection between the claimed illness and the job.

How about the attorney who needed an adjournment due to claimed illness, yet his Facebook postings showed that he did a bit too much partying.