be sickening
Example Sentences
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So primary and secondary schools around the country will be reopening for a largely unvaccinated population at a time when the Delta variant appears to be sickening children more than earlier virus variants did.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
It will be sickening if she runs out of them again.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021
Too many glutinous books, like too many oysters, are bad for the digestion; and digestive trouble is one of the complaints that bring the sick, or those who fancy themselves to be sickening, to Sanditon.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 5, 2017
The notion that stale, recycled air might be sickening or dangerous has been circulating for as long as we've had home cooling.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2012
He had coolly—some even said coldly—stood firm during the terrible onslaught of the myxomatosis, ruthlessly driving out every rabbit who seemed to be sickening.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
