sicken with

Example Sentences

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“Exposure to a particle of darkness means one does not sicken with it.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021

"My God! a thrill of horror creeps through all my veins, and if I only look at this monster, I have a feeling as though I should sicken with loathing!"

From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,    Pine with regret, or sicken with despair, The while she bathes us in her own chaste glow,    And with our memory wings her own fond prayer.

From The Christian Year by Keble, John

The Mungana's eyes seemed to sink into his head, and his face to sicken with terror.

From A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa by Haggard, Henry Rider

The remembrance that it was the night of the mail, and that, if no letter came, she must endure another week of waiting, made her heart sicken with impatient longing.

From Christie Redfern's Troubles by Lintott, Edward Barnard