How to Use sick day in a Sentence

sick day

noun
Definition of sick daynext
  • The broth is salty in the way of a chicken soup that soothed a sick day.
    — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
  • That’s a whole lot of cough drops, tissues and sick days.
    — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Those days can be used in lieu of sick days for folks who aren’t able to work in light of the virus.
    — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Snow days, sick days, and long weekends fill me with dread.
    — Redbook, 6 June 2016
  • Any one of these matches might be reason enough for a sick day.
    — Matthew Futterman, WSJ, 10 July 2017
  • Looking for a reason to take a sick day (or a way to make some extra cash)?
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The pandemic might have killed the sick day, but the mental-health day is thriving.
    — Alex Janin, WSJ, 11 May 2022
  • Hancock, who hadn't used a single sick day in a decade, also missed three months of work.
    — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 13 Mar. 2018
  • For many workers, the risk of taking a sick day and losing wages isn’t an option.
    — Cheryl Smith, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Think about where screens are a good fit, such as during travel, on sick days, or on the weekends.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Amazon warehouse workers afraid to go to the bathroom or take a sick day.
    — Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2018
  • Daddy was, of course, Mr. Seacrest, who had made his return after a rare sick day.
    — John Koblin, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2017
  • In a rideshare, these people have no health care, no vacation or sick days.
    — Claire Ballentine, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Reinhart made the most of a sick day by taking fans through her entire skin and hair care routine.
    — Allure, 25 Oct. 2017
  • But his stubborn refusal to take a sick day only adds to the shot-and-a-beer aura of Uncle Vic.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Still, all those sick days taught me a life lesson: The right dish can be a soothing antidote.
    — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Reinhart made the most of a sick day by taking fans through her entire skin care and hair care routine.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2017
  • If that’s not an option, workers may need to take sick days or even unpaid time off.
    — Los Angeles Times, oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2020
  • In fact, while paid sick days are required under the Arizona law, that's not the case with vacation days.
    — Russ Wiles, azcentral, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Employees are less likely to take sick days (at first).
    — Anna Johansson /, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Teachers and students plan to return on Wednesday, and some plan to use their sick days to keep protesting.
    — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The contract allowed him to use up to five sick days for personal business.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2019
  • My dad retired from the government and got paid for about a million unused sick days.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Many people can’t afford a sick day and cringe at losing income!
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Open offices lead to more distractions, higher stress and more sick days.
    — Adam Felson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2018
  • She was fired on Dec. 19, one day after taking a sick day to take her baby to the doctor, according to the lawsuit.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2020
  • For Americans working from home, the latest coronavirus variant has meant the end of the sick day.
    — WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Beyond that, look at the number of vacation and sick days offered as well as the amount of travel required.
    — Keihin North America, Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2019
  • Take a vacation or sick day and follow someone around to get a feel for the day-to-day activities.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 6 June 2021
  • Crowds met them at the beach — many locals had taken a sick day from work when the event was first announced — and cheered as surfers dropped into powerful waves.
    — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023

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