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
Everything he suggested to himself made him sicken with weariness or distaste: the seaside, a foreign land, a fresh life that he had often dreamed of, farming in Canada.
From The Trespasser by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
"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)
Tell me, did you not droop and sicken with your darling?
From Letters of Two Brides by Balzac, Honoré de
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
