How to Use sore throat in a Sentence

sore throat

noun
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  • Both patients had mild symptoms, including a dry cough, sore throat, and headache.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Common colds, meanwhile, tend to be milder with symptoms including a stuffy nose and sore throat.
    — Victoria Milko, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • This may include a sore throat, mild cold-like symptoms, congestion and fatigue.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2022
  • During the first years of the pandemic, common symptoms included sore throat, loss of taste or smell, and fever.
    — John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 17 July 2024
  • But more than half of these elite athletes said their symptoms—which included headaches, cough, fever and sore throat—hampered their training for two to four weeks.
    — Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Wachter’s son is feeling better, with a mild sore throat and no fever five days after his symptoms began, Wachter said Monday.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Recently, as symptoms from the omicron variant shifted to include sore throat, swabs meant for nasal passages are instead being used as throat swabs.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2022
  • My sons, who were both fully vaccinated and boosted, had the usual symptoms: first a sore throat, then some fever and aches and fatigue for several days.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Others in the cluster of five had respiratory and typical flu-like symptoms, including fever, chills, sore throat, runny nose, and cough.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
  • Loss of smell and taste aren’t reported by many patients but symptoms such as congestion or runny nose, cough, fatigue, muscle and body aches, sore throat, headache, sweats appear to be more common.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Omicron causes more congestion in the upper respiratory tract, leading to sore throat, runny nose, headaches, and a cluster of other symptoms.
    — Fortune, 19 Jan. 2022
  • And for those who have taken pains to find out if their sniffle and sore throat might be harbingers of covid-19 to protect others, contradictory test results are often dismaying.
    — Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • But for those not at high risk, expected symptoms include, but are not limited to, fever, cough, sore throat, stuffy nose, body aches, shortness of breath, headache, vomiting and/or diarrhea, change or loss of taste and smell and fatigue.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Mouth breathing can cause a dry mouth, bad breath, and sore throat.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Symptoms range from sore throats and coughs that won’t go away to fevers that refuse to break.
    — Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Are that sore throat and cough signs of the flu, the coronavirus or something else?
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2022
  • That is often followed by a full body rash, fever and sore throat.
    — Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 24 Sep. 2022
  • A few days after his 10-day bout with the virus, Li is nursing a sore throat and cough.
    — Time, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Less than 10 miles from where the Januses lived, a 12-year-old girl named Mary Kellerman had a sore throat.
    — Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Or, just eat it by itself—a spoonful is a tasty way to soothe a sore throat, cough, or cold.
    — Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 26 June 2024
  • Talk to your healthcare provider about the right treatment options for your cough or sore throat.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Some common ones include sore throat, fever, and cough.
    — Andrea Michelson, Verywell Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Lee had a slight fever and a sore throat in the afternoon, the office said in a later statement.
    — Kanis Leung, ajc, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Fever, chills, sore throat, coughing, swollen lymph nodes and sweating through his sheets at night.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
  • This is how Chad Kroeger is reminded that even big rock stars get sore throats.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
  • They were described as having a runny nose, headache, body aches and a sore throat last week.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2022
  • O'Connor's earlier notes did not mention the sore throat or body aches.
    — Chris Megerian, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
  • O’Connor’s earlier notes did not mention the sore throat or body aches.
    — Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2022
  • Um, uh, he was described as having a runny nose, headache, body aches, and a sore throat last week.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
  • His symptoms at the time were said to have included a runny nose, cough, sore throat, a slight fever and body aches.
    — Bytal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2022

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