sickly
Example Sentences
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The movie’s title and setting—an endless expanse of deserted, largely furniture-free office space bathed in sickly yellow—come from a crowd-sourced urban legend or “creepypasta” that spread online before the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Smog compromised the health of kids and the sickly and the elderly.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
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
Even before ICE got him, he had been sickly.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
A sickly feeling crawls way down to the soles of my feet.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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