sickly

Example Sentences

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Q. Sickly sweet strawberry: I adore my boyfriend of 12 years, however he has one habit that drives me bonkers.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2021

Sickly and physically awkward, he wore thick eyeglasses, spoke with a stutter and was never much of a ladies’ man.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2017

Sickly and feverish, he was forced to spend a month convalescing in South Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2017

Sickly and poor most of the time, his principal human attachments were with a married woman and a male friend in whose house he died.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2015

Sickly banana trees leaned around the abandoned huts.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston