sicken
Example Sentences
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The sickening white of its twisting belly flashed in the firelight.
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Torak had just done so, and caught a sickening glimpse .of the void below.
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A Washington environmental group found that a Chinese cobalt plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo sickened locals as it raced to increase production of a mineral critical for electric-vehicle batteries.
With a sickening crunch I landed on the ledge.
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My stomach did a sickening flip as I made the mistake of looking down to the pavement nine stories below.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.