Sentences with 'influenza'
Example sentences and phrases with the word influenza and other words derived from it.
• « When Peter the Great died (after contracting pneumonia or influenza from diving into the icy Neva to save a drowning man) in 1725, the Russian Empire was now six times larger than it had been under Ivan the Terrible. »
• « Napoleon III foolishly led the French army into battle himself (ill with influenza and without an ounce of his famous uncle's tactical experience) and was subsequently captured in the field. »
• « On the other hand, we are faced with new and old bacteria and viruses (Ebola, hepatitis, influenza, AIDS) that strike regularly, intensifying the war between them and us: in many cases we have no antibiotics or vaccines to combat them. »