How to Use be sick in a Sentence

be sick

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• But like my Dad always said, these kids didn't ask to be sick.
  — Jennifer "jay" Palumbo, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
• The vibrant musical remake had such a hold on me that my mom must be sick.
  — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 July 2022
• Poultry found to be sick with avian flu need to be culled, and their eggs also need to be destroyed.
  — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
• It was noted the animals did not appear to be sick or injured.
  — cleveland, 19 June 2022
• Those who get infected can either be sick with an active or latent case.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
• Some of them might be sick of the Iraq war or suffered from globalization.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• Someone attempts to hand her a trash can to be sick, but Monica slaps it away.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2021
• That night, a search of the jail block was conducted and another inmate was found to be sick.
  — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 16 June 2022
• The symptoms typically last less than two months, but some people may be sick for as long as six months.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2023
• Mara might be sick of watching teams march down the field, but the defense wasn’t nearly as bad as the offense this year.
  — Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
• Pressure to deliver, pressure to be good, pressure to not be sick!
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
• Senior leaders will undoubtedly be sick of talking about the same thing over and over.
  — Sara Steever, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• One house cats was has been confirmed positive with the virus, and the four cats living in the same house are presumed to be sick, as well.
  — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024
• 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
• If the animal appears to be sick, children and animals should be taken inside.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2021
• Munchausen by proxy is a mental disorder in which a caregiver fakes or causes symptoms to make a child appear to be sick.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• If Christmas or Thanksgiving came every day, people would be sick to death of turkey.
  — Steve Price, Forbes, 22 May 2021
• In the real world, patients may have cold hands, may be sick, may move around too much to get a good reading, or may have small fingers that don’t fit well in the devices.
  — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 16 Dec. 2022
• Though rare, live bacteria in Greek yogurt and yogurt alike can cause people with weakened immune systems to be sick.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
• Dozens of people, including passengers and crew members, were reported to be sick.
  — Cbs News Miami updated January 13, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
• The people of America don’t want to see their neighbors go hungry, lose their homes or be sick without health insurance.
  — Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
• In total, 81 passengers and 8 crew members were reported to be sick.
  — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
• To have their case recorded, a patient must be sick enough to be admitted, rather than seen in an outpatient office, as a scarlet fever patient might be.
  — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
• Deaths from the virus, however, lag behind new cases, as people can be sick for long periods of time before succumbing to the virus.
  — Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2022
• Exceptions are made for those who may be sick, vulnerable to getting infected or anxious about getting sick.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2021
• In a game lost by one score, New England should be sick watching film this week, which will reveal plentiful chances to win the game, not lose it.
  — Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
• Bennett had the courtesy to slightly retreat from the breakaway group to be sick a number of times but somehow found the energy to get back amongst the leaders.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 29 Mar. 2021
• Who knows, after all, if the other party (or someone in their family) might be sick, or has lost their job, or has even just reached a new low of sorrow and terror.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2021
• However, people who are fully vaccinated are far less likely to be sick enough to be hospitalized or die.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2021
• Her mother told her that everyone in their 3,000-unit compound in the southern city of Chongqing seems to be sick with the virus.
  — Tiffany May, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023