How to Use sore throat in a Sentence

sore throat

noun
  • Four soothing ways to help a sore throat.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Honey may help soothe a sore throat and cough.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Fever, cough, sore throat and body aches are symptoms of both.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Mouth breathing can cause a dry mouth, bad breath, and sore throat.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Strep is known for its very sore throat without a cough, but with a fever.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Save and freeze the leftover stock for soups, stews, sore throats, and more.
    — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Save and freeze the leftover stock for soups, stews, sore throats, and more.
    — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Save and freeze the leftover stock for soups, stews, sore throats, and more.
    — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
  • Honey may be useful for a sore throat.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Honey may be helpful for a sore throat.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2026
  • These include fever, malaise, headache, sore throat and cough and swollen lymph nodes.
    — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
  • That is often followed by a full body rash, fever and sore throat.
    — Amy Yurkanin | [email protected], al, 24 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
  • Mold can cause stuffy nose, sore throat, coughing and skin rashes.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Landale said his symptoms were mild, save for a three-day sore throat.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Mono can result in swollen glands, sore throat, fatigue and weight loss.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Some chicken soup and about five hours of sleep did wonders for his sore throat.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • To give your tea a sore throat-soothing boost, squeeze in honey and lemon.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Breast milk may help relieve a sore throat when used as a mouth rinse or gargle.
    — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 29 July 2024
  • Symptoms include fever, body aches, a dry cough, sore throat and headaches.
    — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Minor stomach aches, sore throats, ear aches and headaches — with no fever?
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe the flu, with its fever, dry cough, sore throat, body aches and chills, won’t strike you this year.
    — Trihealth, Cincinnati.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The virus causes fever, sore throat and blisters on hands and feet and in the mouth.
    — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
  • By the next day, the cough had worsened and a sore throat was added to her symptoms.
    — Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Some people also get fever, chills, headache, sore throat, or swollen lymph nodes.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
  • Jonathan had a low-grade fever of 100 degrees and a sore throat.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The study did not specify how the geckos were used to treat sore throats.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Symptoms of swine flu in a person can include sore throat, fever and cough.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Evette had a sore throat and headache Thursday and was tested for the virus.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Fever, chills, sore throat, coughing, swollen lymph nodes and sweating through his sheets at night.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022

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