sick
Example Sentences
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A disheveled man sick of endless waiting launched into an eloquent tirade ending with Samuel Beckett -- "You know what happened in the story of Godot? He never came."
From Barron's
Nearly every child is at risk of famine or getting sick from preventable diseases.
From Los Angeles Times
"His mother replied to his father that the newspaper report in the Macclesfield Courier 'made me feel sick'."
From BBC
"The team is maybe not sick, but it is struggling a lot. When it happens again and again like this, it's difficult."
From Barron's
"The team is maybe not sick, but it is in serious trouble. When it happens again and again like this, it's difficult."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.