sickened
Example Sentences
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Nearly 13,000 people across 21 states had been sickened, 570 hospitalized and two had died after an outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
An unusually large flare-up of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne illness caused by the cyclospora parasite, has sickened more than 10,000 people, according to the CDC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
More instruments, certainly, than he really needed and all positioned so that Julia could not help but see them and be sickened by their hard, eager gleam.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
