SICK in a Sentence

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The hospitals and homes of Atlanta were overflowing with the sick and wounded, and more and more women were appearing in black.

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 Meanings and Examples of SICK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sick
 a.  physically or mentally ill, not well or healthy
 a.  feeling strong unpleasant emotions, especially anger or disgust
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But it was something we did or said that made her shut up talking and look sort of sick.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  Nor had she ever seen her sit down without a bit of needlework in her hands, except at mealtime, while attending the sick or while working at the bookkeeping of the plantation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  Though she recovered physically from Wade's birth in a disgracefully short time, mentally she was dazed and sick.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  And every day the trains just below Five Points disgorged more sick and more wounded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  Captain Butler--I'm sick of the name.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  The hospitals and homes of Atlanta were overflowing with the sick and wounded, and more and more women were appearing in black.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  She was sick now, her pregnancy making itself felt in many unpleasant ways, but she refused to obey Dr. Meade's commands and stay in bed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  Had Melanie not been so faint, so sick, so heartsore, she would have collapsed at his question.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  The Confederates were on scant rations and practically without drugs or bandages for their own sick and wounded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  She was sick of all this nursing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  Yes, she was sick of the hospital, the foul smells, the lice, the aching, unwashed bodies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
12  Yes, Scarlett was sick of it all, and that morning she wished that she, like Melanie, had the excuse of pregnancy to offer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
13  "I'm just sick and tired of that old hospital," she said, settling her billowing skirts and tying her bonnet bow more firmly under her chin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  Now, if you get sick or hurt or in trouble, let me know.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
15  Carreen had taken a turn for the worse and was very, very sick.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
16  The healthful man can give counsel to the sick.
17  Hope deferred makes the heart sick.
18  She has devoted all her time to helping the sick.
19  It's better for the sick to be cared for at home rather than in hospital.
20  A priest's pastoral duties include helping the poor and sick.
21  A large proportion of the students were sick last week.
22  There are no paid holidays or sick leave if you are self-employed.
23  He's been extremely sick , but thankfully he's off the danger list now.
24  She believed that her mission in life was helping the old and the sick.
25  The sick dog foamed at the mouth.
26  It is sometimes necessary to indulge a sick child.
27  Caring for a sick relative is a task that brings both pleasure and pain.
28  Britain's workers went sick for a record number of days last year.
29  I have been on sick leave for seven months with depression.
30  In his speech, he dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry.