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.
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That’s par for the course in a facility where all of the nurses are angels (Fisayo Akinade’s diabolically endearing Nurse Angel in particular), and nobody else seems to be sick.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
These two teams will be sick of each other by Christmas – Sunday is the first of two matchups in the next three weeks.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
People may be sick, but not go to the doctor.
—Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 26 Nov. 2025
If this is a little bit of light in the world, that'd be sick.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
These two teams will be sick of each other by Christmas – Sunday is the first of two matchups in the next three weeks.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
People may be sick, but not go to the doctor.
—Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 26 Nov. 2025
If this is a little bit of light in the world, that'd be sick.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for be sick
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“Be sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20sick. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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