REMITTENT in a Sentence

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For REMITTENT, below is one of 6 sentences:
If you would have died from fever, you would have died at Ujiji when you had that severe attack of remittent.

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 Meanings and Examples of REMITTENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
remittent
 a.  remitting; characterized by remission; characterized by temporary abatement in severity, especially of diseases
Classic Sentence:
1  The excitement came back upon her like a remittent fever.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXV
2  When I asked him if the remittance had come, he pressed my hand and departed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
3  At the expiration of the first six months the mother sent seven francs for the seventh month, and continued her remittances with tolerable regularity from month to month.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—THE LARK
Example Sentence:
1  If you would have died from fever, you would have died at Ujiji when you had that severe attack of remittent.
2  Migration to the USA and dependence on remittance is becoming a way of life for more and more Mexicans in the central and southern parts of the country.
3  In the aftermath of recent devastating earthquakes, the country will be more reliant than ever on the remittances sent home by these workers, but is that helping or hindering development?