Examples of sicken in a Sentence
Many people sickened and died on the long voyage.
The bacteria in the drinking water sickened the whole village.
We were sickened by the reports of violence.
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There’s no update on this outbreak on the CDC website, which usually provides the most detailed breakdown (people sickened, hospitalizations, ill people by state, investigation details) of outbreaks.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Disease: Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials.
—Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The October incident sickened hundreds of customers and caused a massive drop in foot traffic, leading to a decline in same-store sales.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
Last week, federal health officials announced that at least four dairy herds in Nevada had been infected by a strain of the H5N1 bird flu that is circulating in wild birds and that led to the death of one person in Louisiana and several sickened a teenager in Canada.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Disease: Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials.
—Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The October incident sickened hundreds of customers and caused a massive drop in foot traffic, leading to a decline in same-store sales.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
Last week, federal health officials announced that at least four dairy herds in Nevada had been infected by a strain of the H5N1 bird flu that is circulating in wild birds and that led to the death of one person in Louisiana and several sickened a teenager in Canada.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicken. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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