sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsi-kə-niŋ 
ˈsik-niŋ
: causing sickness or disgust
a sickening odor
a sickening display
Examples of sickening in a Sentence
a sickening display of selfishness
We heard the squeal of brakes and a sickening thud.
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The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 May 2026
So united and powerful were these Indigenous people that some of their enemies started to get desperate, that whiff of anxiety taking on a sickening stench.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Joe threw Ospreay into the barricade to the sound of a sickening thud.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Bains doubles down; Villegas calls it ‘sickening’ Bains has repeatedly targeted Villegas over the settlements.
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may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 May 2026
So united and powerful were these Indigenous people that some of their enemies started to get desperate, that whiff of anxiety taking on a sickening stench.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Joe threw Ospreay into the barricade to the sound of a sickening thud.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Bains doubles down; Villegas calls it ‘sickening’ Bains has repeatedly targeted Villegas over the settlements.
—Mathew Miranda
may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for sickening
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sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsik-(ə-)niŋ
: causing sickness or nausea
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