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Recent Examples of sick No-eul gifts her a lollipop and tells her not to get sick again. Kayti Burt, Time, 27 June 2025 If the child seems hot or sick, get them out of the vehicle as quickly as possible. Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 27 June 2025 Best Early Amazon Prime Day Tech Deals for Kids Drop some sick beats on sale with $8 kids' headphones and a safe volume limiter or $10 off JBL Vibe Beam 2 earbuds for older kids. Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 27 June 2025 When individuals get critically sick, hospitals will provide them with emergency dialysis and then send them home with instructions to only return when their condition is once again critical. Literary Hub, 26 June 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
  • The season 26 veto meeting when Tucker chooses not to save himself and instead saves a shocked Angela.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 July 2025
  • Five years later, Jack, an actor, is shocked to arrive on set of his new Great Gatsby adaption to find CJ, who is working on the film as a production designer and is now a single mom to a 4-year-old.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • Thursday’s Wimbledon semifinal between Aryna Sabalenka and American Amanda Anisimova was halted by two stoppages in the first set due to spectators being taken ill in the stands.
    Leon Imber, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • These individuals are more likely to become severely ill if exposed to disease.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • The toll on crew members goes far beyond simply being tired.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
  • If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Rachel and Ray need to go on the run after Ray’s investigation into a corrupt pharmaceutical executive puts their live in peril.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • And then reality crashes down around them in a series of scenes that expose the cruel hypocrisy of Iran’s corrupt system (which purports to uphold morality, but allows men in positions of authority to indulge themselves in egregious ways).
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • But conditions can be so much worse and the resources can be strained.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
  • Don’t want to suggest that time is slow or that time is bad which might make people dislike time and, by association, the watch. 00:00:34: Not good. 00:00:36: Re: when the actor raises the drink to his mouth.
    Seth Reiss, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • While the restaurant was probably expecting disgusted reactions, not all commenters thought the flavor was a bad idea.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • From left: Bruno the cat takes an interested sniff at a banana, before pulling back and making a disgusted face.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Motivation and academic engagement are important factors in college mental health, because bored and intrinsically unmotivated students usually struggle with other concerns.
    Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • Tottenham fans could be forgiven for growing bored of Cristian Romero transfer speculation.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 July 2025

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“Sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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