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Recent Examples of sickly No matter how much you are tempted, sickly plants should be kept out of the greenhouse. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025 But does that mean that vegans are going against human’s evolutionary history and are bound to be weak, sickly, and even stupid? Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 The collection of slab-like columns by Derek McLane, lit in sickly, sullen colors by Natasha Katz, could be anywhere. Jesse Green, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025 The color-grading choice was particularly popular in movies at the turn of the millennium, a sickly tint that conveyed metropolitan gothic sensibilities and disaffection while amping up the physical sallowness of already-pallid leads. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sickly
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Adjective
  • The frail but determined Francis greeted thousands in St. Peter's Square after Easter Mass in his open-air popemobile, just five weeks after a hospital stay.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Very old or frail tapestries may be best framed to protect them.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives with poisonous mushrooms following a trial that has gripped the world.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 July 2025
  • The atmosphere in the Rockies’ clubhouse is not toxic, unlike Chicago’s, which reportedly was poisonous for much of last season.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike other thin, fragile flats that offer little wear before falling apart, these are reinforced with Vionic’s trademark cushioning, a removable insert, and premium upper materials.
    Kayla Blanton, People.com, 9 July 2025
  • They’ve been counted on to fix what breaks, carry what slips, hold what’s fragile.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Setting the right tone and removing toxic employees becomes mission-critical to managing human employees in an age of AI.
    Jennifer C. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The full moon in Libra on the 12th illuminates your relationships, highlighting where you may be stuck in codependent or toxic dynamics.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is convinced by the show’s charming but ruthless producer, Dan Killian (Josh Brolin), to enter the game as a last resort.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 1 July 2025
  • Alaska, Michigan, and Maine are among the latest states with paid sick or family leave laws on the books.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • The change comes amid concerns about fireworks causing unhealthful air.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • The unhealthful effects of autocracy remain robust even when accounting for economic differences and when excluding Venezuela and its collapsing health-care system.
    Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2020
Adjective
  • Precious metals and mining stocks were weak across both markets.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • In October 2005, a Finnish court acquitted Gustafsson, ruling the evidence against him was too weak and inconsistent.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • What to Know On Friday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was expected to reach the purple category (between 201 and 300), or the very unhealthy level.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
  • Here’s what she’s learned about how to spot bad bosses and avoid unhealthy workplaces.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 11 July 2025

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

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