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Examples of sicken in a Sentence
Many people sickened and died on the long voyage.
The bacteria in the drinking water sickened the whole village.
We were sickened by the reports of violence.
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There have been other reports of U.S. children being sickened by the Paqui chips, with complaints of vomiting, eye irritation, difficulty breathing and other symptoms.
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Emily Heil, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
Recalled applesauce pouches that sickened more than 400 children across nearly all 50 states contained lead due to a single cinnamon processor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday amidst an investigation into the recalled product.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Distributors of this unsafe-for-human-consumption product deny H5N1—which has the potential to sicken millions of people—is a danger.
—Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
When Niccol became the company’s leader in 2018, Chipotle was still reeling from the impact of its 2016 E. coli outbreaks that sickened over a thousand customers, forcing the company to temporarily shut down over 40 locations.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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Emily Heil, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
Recalled applesauce pouches that sickened more than 400 children across nearly all 50 states contained lead due to a single cinnamon processor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday amidst an investigation into the recalled product.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Distributors of this unsafe-for-human-consumption product deny H5N1—which has the potential to sicken millions of people—is a danger.
—Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
When Niccol became the company’s leader in 2018, Chipotle was still reeling from the impact of its 2016 E. coli outbreaks that sickened over a thousand customers, forcing the company to temporarily shut down over 40 locations.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicken. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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