measle
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“The best way to protect yourself and your family from infection is with the highly effective measle vaccine,” Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
“Maybe it’s the measle? You never had it. Katie either.”
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
Hooping-cough may either precede, attend, or follow an attack of measle.
From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry
One of them is said to have got away disguised as a measle.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Dey tink dem abominable stones grow in mine house, and break out in mine plaster like de measle: dey vaunt to dig in mine wall, in mine garden, in mine floor.
From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles
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