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 worrisome outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus has sickened at least 336 people and killed 88.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

A Washington environmental group found that a Chinese cobalt plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo sickened locals as it raced to increase production of a mineral critical for electric-vehicle batteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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

Although Lucretia felt much better since malaria had sickened her about six weeks earlier, she was still too weak to join them.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow