sickening

Example Sentences

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There is something profoundly sickening in the way this war with Iran is being discussed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

By sickening contrast, Nadja Spiegelman, an editor at the Times, and Jia Tolentino, a writer for the New Yorker, giggled their way through an interview with Mr. Piker.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

In fact, such a thing had been in the works since the 1950s, but instead of hurrying to get them assembly-line ready as L.A. was sickening with smog, Detroit just made bigger, filthier cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Sir Elton John has said it was "truly sickening" to learn of how the Daily Mail breached his family's privacy in relation to the birth of his son Zachary, the High Court has heard.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

I perceived that I was sickening from excitement and inanition; neither meat nor drink had passed my lips that day, for I had taken no breakfast.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë