sickened
Example Sentences
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The worrisome outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus has sickened at least 336 people and killed 88.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
The latest outbreak, which has killed three people and sickened five others, adds increased urgency to those efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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
Following the court hearing, lawyers at Leigh Day, who are representing some of the parents, said they were "sickened" to learn of Chan's further offending "prior to his time at Bright Horizons Finchley Road".
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Yes, he hated the thought of being a scythe—it sickened him—but what sickened him more was the thought of just about anyone else he knew doing it.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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