Synonyms of sicken
Examples of sicken in a Sentence
Many people sickened and died on the long voyage.
The bacteria in the drinking water sickened the whole village.
We were sickened by the reports of violence.
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Yet Bragg couldn’t tell the parent just how severely ill their fellow South Carolinians were getting from the outbreak sickening people around them.
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Jennifer Berry Hawes, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Now, the current energy crisis has made the situation so much worse that residents, sickened by the stench and the flies, have started burning the garbage, covering parts of Havana with unhealthy blankets of smoke, Cuban independent news outlet 14ymedio reported.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Samoan officials later said Kennedy’s trip bolstered the credibility of anti-vaccine activists before the measles outbreak, which sickened thousands of people and killed 83, mostly children under age 5.
—Matt Brown, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Two people were sickened during a rideshare package pickup Monday night in the Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
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Jennifer Berry Hawes, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Now, the current energy crisis has made the situation so much worse that residents, sickened by the stench and the flies, have started burning the garbage, covering parts of Havana with unhealthy blankets of smoke, Cuban independent news outlet 14ymedio reported.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Samoan officials later said Kennedy’s trip bolstered the credibility of anti-vaccine activists before the measles outbreak, which sickened thousands of people and killed 83, mostly children under age 5.
—Matt Brown, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Two people were sickened during a rideshare package pickup Monday night in the Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicken. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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