Sentence examples for come down with from inspiring English sources

"come down with" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Generally, it is used to describe someone's sudden illness, as in "She came down with the flu last week."

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come down with

verb

To contract or get; to show symptoms of an illness.

  • With a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like I'm coming down with a cold.

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Metaphors come down with a heavy thump.

Some had come down with uncommon infections.

"Chef's come down with swine flu.

Her oldest child, 10, had come down with chicken pox.

"He can't come down with the ball," Barden said.

By Day 3, I had come down with a cold.

He has come down with a familiar virus.

I had someone from Darlington come down with her dad.

"Television has come down with a case of gigantism".

Suddenly, Cuevas seemed to come down with a case of nerves.

He assumed he'd come down with the flu his family had just had.

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