sickening

Example Sentences

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"It was sickening how into it they were," he said.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

There is something profoundly sickening in the way this war with Iran is being discussed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

By sickening contrast, Nadja Spiegelman, an editor at the Times, and Jia Tolentino, a writer for the New Yorker, giggled their way through an interview with Mr. Piker.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

"The callous way in which you walked away from the mayhem was sickening to watch. You blamed a phantom driver."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Then there was another sickening flip of grass and sky, and the world was right side up again.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby