sickly

Example Sentences

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Q. Sickly sweet strawberry: I adore my boyfriend of 12 years, however he has one habit that drives me bonkers.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2021

Sickly as a child, whippet thin for most of her life, Smith has a bronchial cough she hasn’t been able to shake for decades.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2019

Sickly and feverish, he was forced to spend a month convalescing in South Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2017

Sickly and poor most of the time, his principal human attachments were with a married woman and a male friend in whose house he died.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2015

"He is an old done man, sire. Sickly and failing."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin