sickly
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Modi, as the Italian was affectionately called, was urbane, well-groomed and handsome, while Soutine was destitute, sickly and notoriously unwashed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Smith was a sickly child, contracting bronchial pneumonia, tuberculosis, German measles, mumps and chicken pox which kept her in "periods of lengthy bed rest".
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
While the series is very much up for grabs, Tuesday’s loss makes one thing very sickly certain.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025
Even before ICE got him, he had been sickly.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
And it’s not the sickly smell of hospital.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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