are sickening
- present progressive of sicken.
Example Sentences
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UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said "images of hostages being paraded for propaganda are sickening" and they must be released "unconditionally".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
The sheer number of allegations amassed here is overwhelming — from a Harrah’s casino cocktail waitress, a member of the tennis club, a young adjunct professor — and the similarities between the accounts are sickening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
For some that means addressing rising homelessness, replacing lead pipes that are sickening children or finding alternative ways to fight high crime.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
These twin miscarriages of justice, each wrong on its own, are sickening when taken together.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021
She came towards him with tears still in her eyes as she said, 'Poor Mrs. Simkins has just lost her little girl, and I am afraid the two boys are sickening.'
From The Young Step-Mother by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
