sicken
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become sick.
are sickening
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present progressiveof sicken.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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
Surely there’s no dreadful infectious thing about for which they are sickening?
From A Little World by George Manville Fenn
