How to Use cholera in a Sentence

cholera

noun
  • So far no cholera deaths have been confirmed, the report said.
    — Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019
  • The lack of toilets has prompted fears of a cholera outbreak.
    — New York Times, 10 July 2018
  • What measures can prevent cholera?
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Clean water is scarce and the country faces a cholera outbreak.
    — Edith M. Lederer, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Did all the members of the other team come down with cholera during the game?
    — Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 29 July 2019
  • Rape, cholera and rubble seemed the only things in great supply.
    — Jeffrey A. Engel, Twin Cities, 6 June 2019
  • Macron and Le Pen is like choosing between the plague or cholera.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2022
  • And the scarcity of water has led to an outbreak of diseases such as cholera.
    — Selam Berhea, Twin Cities, 31 May 2017
  • Mr Baher does not recall an outbreak of cholera in the past ten years.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Polk died from cholera, just three months after leaving the White House.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Here's what cholera is, what causes it and how it can be prevented and treated.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Mary Lennox was sound asleep while nearly everyone in her house died from cholera.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The resource needs for the cholera vaccine are known, Garrett says.
    — Fortune, 21 July 2017
  • The children's agency has sent a team to the area to work on limiting the spread of cholera.
    — Larry Madowo, Saskya Vandoorne and Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 24 May 2021
  • Their island idyll is cut short by tragedy, which coincides with a cholera outbreak in the city.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
  • Right now, this is a nasty, stinking, cholera-worthy health hazard of the first order.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Meanwhile, a cholera outbreak last year claimed more than 2,000 lives.
    — Eli Meixler, Time, 7 June 2018
  • The cholera epidemic, which had ebbed in recent months, threatens to surge again due to a lack of medicines.
    — TIME.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The method has since been used to learn more about other diseases such as malaria, flu, typhoid and cholera.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • In the 19th century, back-to-back-to-back cholera pandemics wracked the globe.
    — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The children's agency is sending a team to the area to work on limiting the spread of cholera.
    — Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 27 May 2021
  • The Quaker City had just come from Italy, where cholera was rampant.
    — John J. Miller, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Without its primary weapon, cholera wasn't able to compete.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In the United Kingdom, cholera swept away thousands in just hours.
    — David Rosner, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Tuesday’s shutoff comes as the country is still reeling from the worst cholera outbreak in a decade.
    — Fox News, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The aid group warned that the floods could trigger or worsen outbreaks of diseases such as malaria and cholera.
    — Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • The conflict has fanned the world’s worst recent cholera outbreak and put many on the brink of starvation.
    — Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The rainy season looms, bringing with it the threat of flooding, cholera, and more displacement.
    — Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Their love child is the universal belief that the It item is about as fashionable as cholera.
    — Lisa Armstrong, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2009
  • The news of cholera spreading from Asia into Russia was the least of his worries.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2020

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