be sick

idiom

: to vomit

I was sick several times after eating the clams.

The last time I ate oysters, I was violently sick.

Stop the car—I'm going to be sick.

Examples of be sick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pittsburgh Steelers After years of steady play under head coach Mike Tomlin, the head coach appeared to be sick of the indifferent quarterback play the team has received since the Ben Roethlisberger retirement. —Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025

Si Woo Kim has to be sick of seeing Scheffler obliterate golf courses. —Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 May 2025

In Sportsnet footage shown at the intermission, Stolarz appeared to be sick to his stomach during a stoppage in play shortly before leaving the game. —Chris Johnston, New York Times, 6 May 2025

This means the bacteria is dormant and is not causing the person to be sick, according to Dr. Paula Eckardt, chief of infectious diseases at Memorial Healthcare System, one of Broward’s two public hospital systems. —Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025

Rhymes for be sick

• broomstick
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• joystick
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