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Recent Examples of sick In 2010, several Tucson firefighters got sick and died of MRSA infections within days. Matt Fuchs, Time, 21 Apr. 2025 Once, when my grandpa was very sick, my husband and I drove from New York to Florida overnight with our new baby and arrived at my grandparents’ house on very short notice. Lynn Steger Strong, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025 Drew hit a sick Future shock on the steel stairs for a nearfall. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025 Read Next National Family casts sick senior dog from home and reports him as stray. Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick
Adjective
  • The researchers and their partners are also working to track local residents’ health and to measure how well or poorly interventions like masks and household air filters protected them.
    Maggie Astor, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Dia is shocked when she’s chosen for a highly coveted internship, along with six other teenagers from around the world.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
  • As a result, the dwarf planet likely has an abundance of highly shocked material, which could be an important target for future sampling missions there.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This applies to beneficiaries who are not a spouse, minor child, disabled, chronically ill or certain trusts.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Rather, the animals were probably ill or injured when they were buried, or may have been otherwise unfit for military service.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But people here are tired of seeing Farmington in the headlines as a town that's losing population.
    Kirk Siegler, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • And there’s kids who are tired, or crying or can’t handle it.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Rosamund Pike adds her name to the cast list, starring as a diamond seller whose family launders their profits through corrupt back-channels.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • Countless cases have shown how these schemes have granted safe haven to corrupt actors from around the world and other suspicious individuals in the EU.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • President Donald Trump intends to completely reimagine U.S. trade relations with our closest partners and fiercest rivals, for better or worse.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • For too long, environmentalism was focused on stopping bad things, such as pollution.
    Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Abby’s friends are nervous, even disgusted at this point, horrified at her capacity for violence.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • That alone is reason to remain disgusted with this team.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The man lies on the bed and reads, while the woman grows bored.
    Domenico Starnone, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Frieda longs to stand out and is instantly bored of her new small-town life, while Maria finds comfort in the monotony.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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