Thus the virago triumphs, thus she reigns: 325 Anon she sickens of her first domains, And seeks for new; husband on husband takes, Till of her bridal veil one rent she makes.
The latter declines gradually, and sickens into death; but memory and feeling are not yet extinct: and what thoughts may pass through that brain while life is thus languishing away!
Cage it, and the noble bird pines away; no longer allowed to soar on high, but fettered by man, it sickens and dies, nor can it be tamed sufficiently to become satisfied with the wires of a cage.
The place sickens me, lined with cotton-wool-made so beastly comfortable.
The thing sickens me," said he, "the whole snobbish, selfish business.
If I were the youth I should speak to her to-day-- (Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!
I know a maid who loves a gallant youth, (Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!
We all sat bolt upright the night through in an atmosphere that sickens memory.
We often hear the cries of many of these poor wretches; and the heart sickens with horror at the bare contemplation of such a scene as awaits us should we remain here much longer.
We often hear the cries of these poor creatures; and the heart sickens with horror at the bare contemplation of such a scene as awaits us, should we remain here much longer.
It sickens you," said Eve, "and it sickens me also, for death and decay are not pleasant.
For the spent night aches into day When the kings shall slay not or pray, And the high-priest, accursed and anointed, Sickens to deathward with fear.
Reared between night and noon and truth and error, Each twilight-travelling bird that trills and screams Sickens at midday, nor can face for terror The imperious heaven's inevitable extremes.
How the heartsickens at the miserable lies that line a way like this.
The solemn chant reverberates among the lofty arches, and the pale light of the sacrificial fires sickens the wan visage and circling fillets of the priestess.
Genius and Merit are a sure offence, And thy soul sickens at the name of sense.
The tear in answer flows; Month falls on month with heavier weight; Day sickens round her, and the night 80 Is empty of repose.
O blow, and blow away the bloom That sickens me in my heart of gloom, That sweetly sickens the haunted room, While the bobolinks are singing!
If I were the youth I should speak to her to-day - (Hey, but shesickens as the days go by!
I know a maid who loves a gallant youth - (Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!
She's very thin and she's very pale - (Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!
Nothing sosickens you with success as the way people who once shoved you off the sidewalk come crawling to you on their stomachs begging you to dine with them.
Some folks is born in the world feeling and knowing it in their hearts that creation don't stop where the sight of the eyes stop, and the thinner the veil is the better, and something in them sickens when the veil gets too thick.
Stoneman," said the kindly voice, "I can't tell you how your venomous philanthropy sickens me.
Riot and bloodshed, of course--perhaps a guerilla war of such fierce and terrible cruelty humanity sickensat the thought.
Death passing so very close to a man sickens him afterwards, unless he has the luck to be brainless.
She snatches her hand from his grasp, and turns him a look of loathing, contemptuous aversion such as actually sickens the very heart to behold!
My heart sickens as I think over the refined cruelty of these daily attacks,--the minute and careful anatomy of humanity studied to inflict misery!
Yet see, Madame de Chantal sickens and breathes with difficulty.
In order to set about it one must wade through their nauseous literature; but one sickens at the sight of their filthy trash.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sickens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
