How to Use strep throat in a Sentence

strep throat

noun
  • How to get rid of strep throat | Will strep throat go away on its own?
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 22 Mar. 2023
  • About a week later, a bout with strep throat nearly knocked him out again.
    — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
  • People with strep throat can also have a rash, which is known as scarlet fever.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Last March, my whole house was fighting off a case of strep throat that just wouldn't go away.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • All of that after practicing just one time during the week due to strep throat.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Then the player in front of him missed a preseason scrimmage due to strep throat.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • In extreme cases, the disease is much worse than strep throat or even scarlet fever.
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • People will come for services like flu shots and treatment for ailments like strep throat.
    — NBC News, 31 Mar. 2022
  • By Sunday, the family was sure Josh had a bad case of strep throat.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Genetic tests are far more complex than tests for common ailments like the flu or strep throat.
    — Guest Columnist/cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • From head lice to strep throat, camps have always had to contend with infectious diseases.
    — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 31 July 2020
  • There’s guttate psoriasis, which might pop up after strep throat, and the list goes on.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Rae Burrell played 16 minutes tonight with strep throat, Miller shared.
    — Annika Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • Weaver has been occupied with playing board games with his kids and nursing them in their battle against strep throat.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Anthony practiced two days since the Catholic game [because of strep throat].
    — Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • For Mishler, that reset came in the form of strep throat, sidelining her pre-wedding plans.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Samantha took her son to a local emergency room where he was diagnosed with strep throat and the flu.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • For a town with no other health care provider, that means six days when no one can provide vaccinations or test for strep throat.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Instead, Triumph had an issue with strep throat, Clark told Bradley.
    — USA Today, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Watch Lizzo painfully deliver the news of her strep throat below.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 8 May 2023
  • Then, the provider will do a visual check of your throat and neck for redness or white spots on the tonsils (which can signal strep throat) and swollen lymph nodes.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The man said the jail had tested him only for strep throat and had ordered him to quarantine himself for 14 days.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The test is the size of a credit card and is based on the same technology used to test for the flu, strep throat and other infections.
    — Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Her mother took her to an emergency room, where Teresa was tested for strep throat and swabbed for Covid.
    — NBC News, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Julia*, 37, once waited a week to go to the doctor after noticing symptoms of strep throat.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The portable test is based on the same technology used to test for the flu, strep throat and other infections.
    — Matthew Perrone, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Her boyfriend took her to the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with strep throat and admitted to the hospital.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Carney said he was diagnosed with measles and strep throat at the same time and got intravenous fluids in the ER.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The doctors would check his blood, throat and nasal passages for a host of illnesses to rule out coronavirus, including the flu and strep throat.
    — Freep.com, 22 Mar. 2020
  • Micah Bradford did not make the trip to Southern Illinois because of strep throat.
    — Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2018

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