sickly
Example Sentences
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Smog compromised the health of kids and the sickly and the elderly.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Leo Damrosch traces Stevenson’s life from sickly student in 19th-century Edinburgh through his enormous literary success—a career characterized by a joyfully industrious work ethic, a love of travel and a sparkling, warm wit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
But it’s not wrong that the movement is starting to look a little sickly.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
Smith was a sickly child, contracting bronchial pneumonia, tuberculosis, German measles, mumps and chicken pox which kept her in "periods of lengthy bed rest".
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
He didn’t tell other kids, because they wouldn’t get it; he was too small, too sickly to climb mountains.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.