take sick

Example Sentences

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According to New York City’s Protected Time Off Law, you can take sick days for doctor’s appointments and procedures.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Blue flu is when a large number of police officers take sick leave as a form of protest.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

"Like many women, I legally had to take sick leave. But I was grief stricken, not sick, harbouring a deep sense of loss."

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025

Others in Ili posted online about being unable to take sick children to hospitals, as well as about the deaths of family members in lockdown.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

People didn’t just take sick like this for nothing.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston