How to Use sick day in a Sentence

sick day

noun

• The broth is salty in the way of a chicken soup that soothed a sick day.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
• That’s a whole lot of cough drops, tissues and sick days.
  — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 16 Oct. 2019
• Those days can be used in lieu of sick days for folks who aren’t able to work in light of the virus.
  — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 18 Mar. 2020
• Snow days, sick days, and long weekends fill me with dread.
  — Redbook, 6 June 2016
• Any one of these matches might be reason enough for a sick day.
  — Matthew Futterman, WSJ, 10 July 2017
• Looking for a reason to take a sick day (or a way to make some extra cash)?
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 1 Nov. 2019
• The pandemic might have killed the sick day, but the mental-health day is thriving.
  — Alex Janin, WSJ, 11 May 2022
• Hancock, who hadn't used a single sick day in a decade, also missed three months of work.
  — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 13 Mar. 2018
• For many workers, the risk of taking a sick day and losing wages isn’t an option.
  — Cheryl Smith, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2022
• Think about where screens are a good fit, such as during travel, on sick days, or on the weekends.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 22 Jan. 2020
• Amazon warehouse workers afraid to go to the bathroom or take a sick day.
  — Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2018
• Daddy was, of course, Mr. Seacrest, who had made his return after a rare sick day.
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2017
• In a rideshare, these people have no health care, no vacation or sick days.
  — Claire Ballentine, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• Reinhart made the most of a sick day by taking fans through her entire skin and hair care routine.
  — Allure, 25 Oct. 2017
• But his stubborn refusal to take a sick day only adds to the shot-and-a-beer aura of Uncle Vic.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2019
• Still, all those sick days taught me a life lesson: The right dish can be a soothing antidote.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
• Reinhart made the most of a sick day by taking fans through her entire skin care and hair care routine.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2017
• If that’s not an option, workers may need to take sick days or even unpaid time off.
  — Los Angeles Times, oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2020
• In fact, while paid sick days are required under the Arizona law, that's not the case with vacation days.
  — Russ Wiles, azcentral, 11 Mar. 2020
• Employees are less likely to take sick days (at first).
  — Anna Johansson /, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2018
• Teachers and students plan to return on Wednesday, and some plan to use their sick days to keep protesting.
  — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2018
• The contract allowed him to use up to five sick days for personal business.
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2019
• My dad retired from the government and got paid for about a million unused sick days.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 7 Apr. 2020
• Many people can’t afford a sick day and cringe at losing income!
  — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• Open offices lead to more distractions, higher stress and more sick days.
  — Adam Felson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2018
• She was fired on Dec. 19, one day after taking a sick day to take her baby to the doctor, according to the lawsuit.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2020
• For Americans working from home, the latest coronavirus variant has meant the end of the sick day.
  — WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• Beyond that, look at the number of vacation and sick days offered as well as the amount of travel required.
  — Keihin North America, Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2019
• Take a vacation or sick day and follow someone around to get a feel for the day-to-day activities.
  — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 6 June 2021
• Crowds met them at the beach — many locals had taken a sick day from work when the event was first announced — and cheered as surfers dropped into powerful waves.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024