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
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
Six people have been sickened, including one who is in intensive care in South Africa.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
"The whole community is just sickened by all this," said Stephen McLaughlin, who came to pay his respects.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
I cried inwardly, as the night lingered and lingered—as my bleeding patient drooped, moaned, sickened: and neither day nor aid arrived.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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