Sickening has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Experience the sickening knotting of the stomach. | |
| 2. | Isn't it sickening? | |
| 3. | The vanilla in my chicken soup is sickening. | |
| 4. | This is sickening. | |
| 5. | It really is sickening. | |
| 6. | This is sickening to the bones. | |
| 7. | When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money. | |
| 8. | When straight, down-swooping from the hills meanwhile / the Harpies flap their clanging wings, and tear / the food, and all with filthy touch defile, / and, mixt with screams, uprose a sickening stench and vile. |