Example Sentences

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“Kieran’s scene-stealing presence and undeniable charm are perfect for Caesar Flickerman, the sickeningly watchable host of Panem’s darkest spectacle,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erin Westerman said in a press release.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

If you aren’t careful, you can end up with a pie that is sickeningly sweet . . . but not this one.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

The news of his passing on Wednesday at the sickeningly young age of 50 shocked the world of rugby.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2022

Five decades into hip-hop’s existence, it’s now routine for rappers to die sickeningly young, often just as their careers are taking off, like casualties of some cruel motif of Greek drama.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2022

I flipped it over and felt my stomach flop sickeningly.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin