sicken
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become sick.
will sicken
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future tenseof sicken.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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With severe heat waves now affecting swaths of the globe with frightening regularity, scientists are drilling down into the ways life in a hotter world will sicken and kill us.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
Instead, she cites a study in which 90 percent of epidemiologists say they believe a global pandemic will sicken one billion and kill up to 165 million within the next two generations.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2016
But if you’re buying Honest because you think those other diapers will sicken your child, you’re probably being duped.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2013
The most distinguished one-time victim of Elinor Wylie's fascinations predicts of her work that it will sicken and die of its own perfume.
From Time Magazine Archive
Donay tells the central guard I will sicken if he does not give me cardboard.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
