make one sick

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"To act as a physician," he writes, "the priest must make one sick!"

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2013

He conveys what he learns as something that a middle-aged man should already know: months of wandering in a hard place make one sick, lonely, itchy and tired.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have made many a meal on these birds, but it was for want of other victuals, for they taste very fishy, and are apt to make one sick, if not previously well salted.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Kerr, Robert

If anything could make one sick of "the next age," it would be the shabby treatment which the Avonian has received.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various

Why," pursued my friend, "there is Mr. B., my next door neighbor—'tis enough to make one sick of life in the city to spend a week out on his farm.

From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher