sickliness

Example Sentences

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Afraid of giving an impression of sickliness, Trump reportedly resisted advisers who told him he should be helicoptered to Walter Reed on Friday, before eventually giving in.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2020

This sickliness broods over many a deviant lag and three-putt green.

From Golf Digest • May 7, 2020

Carter Glass never outgrew his frailty, his sickliness, his ferocity with fists and tongue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Present-day letters, which some doctors have diagnosed as convalescing from a long siege of bilious morbidity, is breaking out in occasional patches that seem reminiscent of the same sort of adolescent sickliness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nelson, who had endured with unyielding cheerfulness the dangers, exposure, and sickliness of Calvi, found himself unable to bear patiently the comfort of quiet nights in a friendly port, while hot work might chance outside.

From The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)