make sb ill
Frequency: 6.98.8 per million words
can be used literally (e.g. food) or figuratively (e.g. corruption)
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Examples (10)
- I can't eat bananas. They make me ill.
- That type of government corruption makes me ill.
- The smell of burnt plastic always makes him ill.
- Too much screen time can sometimes make children ill.
- The dishonesty of the company's leaders made all the staff ill.
- Long bus journeys usually make me ill, so I avoid them.
- The injustice of the situation made her ill with anger.
- Drinking contaminated water will definitely make you ill.
- His endless excuses and lies make me ill.
- The stress of the upcoming exams began to make him ill and lose sleep.