- superlative of sick.
sickest
Example Sentences
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To be in a cosy rut is about the sickest thing ever, I think.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those potential costs led many state Medicaid programs and some health plans to restrict coverage of the drug to the sickest patients.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bed-and-breakfast hotels turned into cheap boardinghouses, attracting Britain’s sickest and poorest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
As a result of declaring the critical incident, the trust will now rearrange some elective procedures to create capacity for the sickest patients.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
Paul Farmer, the renowned physician who has spent his life trying to cure the world's sickest and poorest people, once quoted me something that the writer Thomas Merton said: We are bodies of broken bones.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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