How do you use the word "health" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "health": You can't afford to neglect your health. You had better give up smoking for your health.

Health Meaning

/ˈhɛlθ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.

nounA state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.

Sentence Examples

You can't afford to neglect your health.

You had better give up smoking for your health.

Regular exercise is very important for maintaining good physical health.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

wellness

Antonyms:

illness

CEFR Practice Quiz

Regular exercise and good nutrition are important for maintaining good ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly are both essential for maintaining good ____.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hailiþō Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu Old English hǣlþ Middle English helthe English health Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from *hailaz + *-iþō. Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking" — 2002, Joshua Scodel, Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature, page 213:

"Lose a little health and there's a few seconds in which you'll be able to win it back by ragging on an enemy." — 2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2026:

"Enemies can knock your health down to zero if you're not careful and item upgrades are slow to come by." — 2025 February 26, Tyler Colp, “Reinstall: Path of Exile”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 91:

"They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view." — 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:

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