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Explore Sicken through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like disgust or revolt. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Sicken in a sentence

Related words

Sicken | Sickening | Sickened | Sickeningly | Sickens | Sickener

Sicken meaning

  1. To make ill.
  2. To become ill.
  3. To fill with disgust or abhorrence.

Synonyms of Sicken

disgust revolt nauseate repel gross out turn one's stomach decline worsen come down repulse churn up harm

Related words

Other words often associated with Sicken or its synonyms:

stimulate oppose rebuff rise stir fight fall turn change attract displease excite

Using Sicken

  • The main meaning on this page is: To make ill. | To become ill. | To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
  • Useful related words include: disgust, revolt, nauseate, repel.
  • In the example corpus, sicken often appears in combinations such as: to sicken, sicken and, sicken or.

Context around Sicken

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

slightly 1× age 1× neither 1×

Often after:

people 1× pregnant 1× annoying 1× nor 1×

Sentence patterns with Sicken

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

dream to sicken their children 1× eventually age sicken and die 1× left to sicken and die 1× likely to sicken pregnant women 1× that will sicken them in 1× to slightly sicken annoying people 1× too should sicken us 1× virus and sicken people who 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as filter feeders 1× eve was punished 1× everyone can only 1× if these amalgamations 1× several analyses have 1× such infections are 1×

Common sentence endings:

children so thoroughly 1× genesis 3 16 1× in immigration detention 1× kill many people 1× should sicken us 1× sicken annoying people 1×

Words around Sicken

Just before it in the word index:

sickels 2 sickbed 5 sickbay 4 sick 3.093 sicinius 3 sicily 333

Just after it in the word index:

sickened 117 sickener 2 sickening 143 sickeningly 9 sickens 9 sicker 45

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Sicken

  • In this selection, "sicken" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, slightly, age, neither, people, pregnant and annoying stand out and add context to how "sicken" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include dream to sicken their children and eventually age sicken and die. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sicken" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sicken

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Everyone can only dream to sicken their children so thoroughly. (10 words)

The whole plan was for me to slightly sicken annoying people. (11 words)

Several analyses have predicted that RDDs will neither sicken nor kill many people. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

If these amalgamations cannot form safely to exercise and train with allies, readiness will suffer, or else personnel will be ordered into situations that will sicken them in disproportionate numbers to a similar general result. (35 words)

The notion of inaction, of standing by and watching as Assad kills and kills and kills, racking up a death toll in Syria of 500,000millions into refugees – that prospect too should sicken us. (34 words)

Such infections are “most likely to sicken pregnant women and their newborns, adults aged 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems,” per the health agency. (27 words)

Example sentences (9)

As filter feeders, mollusks and oysters can harbor the virus and sicken people who eat them.

Such infections are “most likely to sicken pregnant women and their newborns, adults aged 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems,” per the health agency.

Everyone can only dream to sicken their children so thoroughly.

If these amalgamations cannot form safely to exercise and train with allies, readiness will suffer, or else personnel will be ordered into situations that will sicken them in disproportionate numbers to a similar general result.

Op-Ed: We were left to sicken and die from the coronavirus in immigration detention.

The whole plan was for me to slightly sicken annoying people.

The notion of inaction, of standing by and watching as Assad kills and kills and kills, racking up a death toll in Syria of 500,000millions into refugees – that prospect too should sicken us.

Eve was punished by the pangs of childbirth and the sorrow of bringing about life that would eventually age, sicken and die (Genesis 3:16).

Several analyses have predicted that RDDs will neither sicken nor kill many people.

Common combinations with sicken

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sicken" in a sentence?
An example: "As filter feeders, mollusks and oysters can harbor the virus and sicken people who eat them." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "sicken" from authentic English texts.
What does "sicken" mean?
Sicken means: To make ill.
What are synonyms of "sicken"?
Common synonyms of "sicken" include: disgust, revolt, nauseate, repel, gross out, turn one's stomach, decline, worsen. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "sicken" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "sicken", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.