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Is this sentence right? I was sick sleeping.

To be + adjective + gerund ( is this correct ? )

I just want to make this shorter " I was sick and I was sleeping " or I was sick, so I was sleeping "

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I understand what you are trying to say, but saying "I was sick sleeping" is not correct. You can say "I slept because I was sick."
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Perhaps you mean "I was sick of sleeping."
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"I was sick sleeping" is not correct. The shortest ways to say this is probably: "I was sick and fell asleep" or "I was sick so I went to sleep".

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