sicker; sickest
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: spiritually or morally unsound or corrupt
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: lacking vigor : sickly: such as
a
: badly outclassed
made the competition look sick
b
: incapable of producing profitable yields of a crop
sick soils
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slang
: outstandingly or amazingly good or impressive
Rookie was phenomenal Friday. His goal was nice, but the pass to twin brother, Chris, … was downright sick.—
Roy Lang III
Roy Lang III
British
Examples of sick in a Sentence
Adjective
He is at home sick in bed.
She is sick with the flu.
I'm too sick to go to work.
The medicine just made me sicker.
The sickest patients are in intensive care.
My poor rosebush looks sick.
She has been on the sick list all week.
The way they treat people makes me sick.
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Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Less than 10 minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper’s perch into a crowd of many thousands of people.
—Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Town commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to ban the practice, eight months after a Charlotte Observer investigation into the sale of what horrified residents described as sick, emaciated caged puppies outside the Super Walmart off Interstate 77 Mooresville, exit 36.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025
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Planes are naturally drafty due to their design, and airlines keep the planes on the cooler side to keep the air fresher to prevent passengers from getting air sick, as per Young.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Measles is an infection that can make even healthy children very sick.
—Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Less than 10 minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper’s perch into a crowd of many thousands of people.
—Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Town commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to ban the practice, eight months after a Charlotte Observer investigation into the sale of what horrified residents described as sick, emaciated caged puppies outside the Super Walmart off Interstate 77 Mooresville, exit 36.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025
Don’t: Ask for a Blanket Mid-flight Instead: Pack a Travel Blanket
$35 $30 at Amazon
Planes are naturally drafty due to their design, and airlines keep the planes on the cooler side to keep the air fresher to prevent passengers from getting air sick, as per Young.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sick
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“Sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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