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Example sentences for "take cold"

  • The breasts should always be extra well covered with flannel so as not to take cold in them, otherwise an abscess may form in them long before the child is born.

  • Such girls should not be permitted to expose themselves to the inclemency of the weather, because they are much more liable to take cold, which may result in inflammations, than girls in whom the menses have not appeared.

  • Great care should be exercised by the nurse, lest the bed and linen of the patient get wet, and through this she become liable to take cold.

  • Now, my throat does not trouble me unless I take cold.

  • The patient, if sufficiently covered in bed, is not liable to take cold from a proper ventilation of the room.

  • These elements, which are prolific in the production of animal heat counteract the predisposition to take cold, and thus become most valuable remedial agents--not less essential than the medical treatment that has been advised.

  • The patient should be careful not to take cold, keep strong and healthy by regular hours for sleep, good sufficient clothing.

  • A person who has had this disease should be very careful not to take cold.

  • Every precaution should be taken not to take cold or to chill the surface of the body, as this might bring on an acute trouble of the kidneys.

  • If this disease occurs in the winter the person attacked, after he is seemingly well, must be careful not to take cold.

  • The cloathing about the head should be warmer during sleep than in the day; because at that time people are more liable to take cold; that is, the membranous parts of it are more liable to become torpid.

  • Take cold beef or veal, chop the meat very fine, put it in a pan with some water; add salt, pepper, butter and bread crumbs to taste.

  • It is also very unwise for a person to keep the rooms in which he lives too warm, and to stay too much in-doors, as it makes him very liable to take cold when he goes out-of-doors.

  • Bathing in cool water hardens the skin, and renders one less likely to take cold.

  • The skin should be protected by proper clothing, but it is not well to wear more than is necessary, as it makes the skin so sensitive that one is liable to take cold.

  • We can safely let the cold air blow on us if we are out of doors, but if we sit in a house, a small draft sometimes seems to make us take cold.

  • The alcohol really makes them more liable to take cold.

  • Other things besides cold air and dampness may weaken the body, and so help us to take cold.

  • Don't go to sleep sitting there, papa; you'll take cold.

  • I ain't much of a one to take cold--neither was poor Angie.

  • But it's a easy matter to take cold in this damp.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "take cold" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    certeine number; single wire; spiritual being; take anything; take counsel; take cover; take flight; take food; take from the fire and add; take hold; take keer; take leave; take lessons; take measures for the; take over; take precedence; take steps; take the; take warning; take what; taken aback; taken every; taken literally; taken seriously; takes its name from; tarry here