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Examples of sicken in a Sentence
Many people sickened and died on the long voyage.
The bacteria in the drinking water sickened the whole village.
We were sickened by the reports of violence.
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The proliferation of bad faith gestures toward political change and the aestheticized consumption of other people’s suffering sickens me, especially when these expressions still play into the financial objectives of oil barons, arms dealers, and other vampires.
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 17 Apr. 2024
Dogs could also have carried and transmitted diseases that sickened the foxes, Lebrasseur added.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 17 Apr. 2024
Dogs could also have carried and transmitted diseases that sickened the foxes, Lebrasseur added.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicken. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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