be sickening

Example Sentences

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So primary and secondary schools around the country will be reopening for a largely unvaccinated population at a time when the Delta variant appears to be sickening children more than earlier virus variants did.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2021

It will be sickening if she runs out of them again.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021

Eventually, I did extensive research trying to figure out the mechanism by which mold might be sickening me.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2017

Too many glutinous books, like too many oysters, are bad for the digestion; and digestive trouble is one of the complaints that bring the sick, or those who fancy themselves to be sickening, to Sanditon.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 5, 2017

He had coolly—some even said coldly—stood firm during the terrible onslaught of the myxomatosis, ruthlessly driving out every rabbit who seemed to be sickening.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams