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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.
Recent Examples of sicken from the Web
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A year ago, an outbreak traced to I.M. Healthy Soy Nut Butter hospitalized 12 people and sickened 20 others, most of them children, in 12 states.
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But one factor that could move lawmakers toward at least some kind of public works bill is the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy, where 13 people have died and dozens more have been sickened from Legionnaires' disease since 2015.
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The 2014 outbreak, which eventually sickened 28 people in Kansas and Missouri, started and spread within a community from Micronesia, which has a vaccination rate of just 70 percent.
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Viktoria Skripal has repeatedly expressed doubts about the British accusations, suggesting that her relatives could have been sickened by bad fish or attacked by the mother of Yulia Skripal’s boyfriend.
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Investigations and testing by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FDA found that at least eight people who ate the company's soft cheese were sickened by listeriosis.
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Christiansen said he had been sickened by the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month.
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Also, U-T Data Watch's Lauryn Schroeder discusses her story about tourists who were sickened with hepatitis A after eating at a Pacific Beach restaurant.
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Maura Downes, the communications director for the Connecticut Department of Public Health, confirmed that two state residents were sickened by the E. coli outbreak.
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First Known Use of sicken
13th century
sicken Synonyms
Near Antonyms
allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, disarm, draw, enchant, entice, fascinate, lure, pull, seduce, tempt;
delight, gratify, please, rejoice, tickle;
Phrases
turn one's stomach;
SICKEN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of sicken for English Language Learners
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: to become sick or to cause (someone) to become sick
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: to cause (someone) to feel disgusted or angry
SICKEN Defined for Kids
Definition of sicken for Students
sickened;
sickening
1
: to make or become sick or ill
- Many of the colonists sickened on the long voyage.
2
: to cause to feel disgusted or angry
- We were sickened by his cruelty.
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of sicken
: to make sick
: to become sick
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