make one sick
Example Sentences
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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
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Enough gossip and nonsense was talked to make one sick, and I'm sure it wasn't the fault of my head that my hair didn't stand on end.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.
It was enough to make one sick at the stomach, to witness the conversation even for a single day; and above all to be compelled to join in it.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
Yes, indeed, it is quite enough to make one sick; eh!
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield