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The phrase "actually be sick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the possibility of someone genuinely experiencing illness, often in a context where there is doubt or disbelief about their condition.
Example: "I thought he was just pretending to be sick, but it turns out he might actually be sick."
Alternatives: "truly be ill" or "really be unwell".
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I would actually be sick.
As if concluding an episode of "Scooby-Doo," my sister yanked the mask off Mexico City, to reveal what the 20 million of us had, in five days, lost sight of completely: "The people around you could actually be sick".
You have to actually be sick in bed before you will go for treatment.
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In some hospitals, the patients may actually be sicker than in previous years.
The reason: Stephen had not seen a doctor, in person, to confirm that he'd actually been sick.
We know that that plan was based on the premise that Americans actually are sick of the divisive wedge issues that have defined the past couple of decades, of which race is the most divisive of all.
But for me, going back 30-plus years, half of the dreams I've ever had are nightmares about vomiting, even though I've not actually been sick for more than 35 years.
"Every single time, generally older guys would say, 'I actually am sick and tired, I want to quit.
Some time later, LBL found out that the man had actually been sick for many months/years following the daughter's escapade.
But if you snap out of that and realize that the public actually is sick of the one-note preoccupations of journalists and that the allegations of sexism and racism don't have the power they had anymore, and that's good, and people are actually looking for a chaos candidate—I think the dysfunctional coalition that Donald Trump is assembling makes a lot more sense.
If you actually are sick, try going to your local clinic first, before going to the professor.
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