sicken
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become sick.
was sickening
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past progressiveof sicken.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The miners brought with them diseases, including malaria, which was sickening the villagers’ children.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
“It was sickening, literally a headache and it disrupted everything,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
In January 2020, Urban Air founder Michael Browning began to hear from his global suppliers in Nanjing, China, about a rapidly-spreading virus that was sickening their workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Sir Keir said it was "sickening" that protesters were spreading "dangerous misinformation" to children.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2021
I perceived that I was sickening from excitement and inanition; neither meat nor drink had passed my lips that day, for I had taken no breakfast.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
