sickened

Example Sentences

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said on Friday she was "sickened" by the case, adding: "The crime could hardly be graver, yet the punishment was no punishment at all."

From BBC • May 24, 2026

That outbreak sickened at least 28,616 people and killed another 11,310; it was of concern because it impacted highly mobile groups of people.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Examples include people being sickened with, and dying from, rat-borne diseases such as leptospirosis after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The virus spread by rodents is also believed to have sickened three others, the World Health Organization said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

And she nodded at Wang Lung as she spoke and leered at him and he was sickened at her coarse face and he said hastily, “So be it, then.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck