How to Use "sicken" with Example Sentences

1. This makes sense : in those areas with a high level of radiation , living things would tend to die or sicken and fail to reproduce .

2. Surveys since then suggest that the dramatic fall in the number of americans who sicken or die during heatwaves is a direct result of widening air-conditioner ownership , from 68 % of american households in 1993 to nearly 90 % today .

3. He worries that radiation exposure could sicken his son .

4. The coastal population began to sicken .

5. Confirming that the virus is very old also helps explain why it infects almost all african monkeys but does not sicken them .