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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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The outbreak has sickened people in Colorado (26), Nebraska (9), Utah (4), Wyoming (4), Oregon (1), Montana (1), Kansas (1), Missouri (1), Iowa (1), Wisconsin (1), according to the CDC.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Michaels was the co-author of a report published earlier this year by the CDC which found kids sickened with the bacteria increased last year but remained lower than before COVID-19.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Harr’s main character, Jan Schlichtmann, is an idealistic attorney representing eight families sickened with leukemia by chemicals that the two companies allegedly dumped into a river near their homes, poisoning their drinking water.
—Jared Sullivan, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
Passengers and crew aboard Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas ship were sickened with gastrointestinal illness after a salmonella outbreak.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Michaels was the co-author of a report published earlier this year by the CDC which found kids sickened with the bacteria increased last year but remained lower than before COVID-19.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Harr’s main character, Jan Schlichtmann, is an idealistic attorney representing eight families sickened with leukemia by chemicals that the two companies allegedly dumped into a river near their homes, poisoning their drinking water.
—Jared Sullivan, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
Passengers and crew aboard Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas ship were sickened with gastrointestinal illness after a salmonella outbreak.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicken. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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