ailments

Example Sentences

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Most presidential check-up reports, though, contain details of mundane ailments: "Doctors removed a precancerous skin lesion from the tip of his nose", reads a New York Times report on Bill Clinton's annual checkup from 1996.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Some local residents have long pressed leaders to act, saying that intrusive noise could worsen post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Expectations were insanely high for this show — Bieber’s first large-scale concert after a few years he spent in the pop-star wilderness recovering from various health ailments of both the physical and mental variety.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Increased levels of klotho are thought to combat inflammation and improve cognition, and therapies to boost its production are being developed in the U.S. to target specific neurodegenerative ailments, such as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

It wasn’t just that his ailments had all cleared up; or that he went to movies now, and baseball games.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen