sick person
Example Sentences
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I was nervous that he would have trepidations — ‘Oh, I’ve got this sick person on set.’
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
"Domestic work is considered to be unskilled work but that is not the case in reality. You cannot care for a sick person or cook a meal without being skilled," she adds.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025
Kissing doesn’t seem to have played a major role in these beliefs, though it is entirely possible that one avoided kissing a sick person.
From Scientific American • May 18, 2023
In each cluster, it spread within families from a sick person in the home.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023
“It’s supposed to live for a thousand years. If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.”
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
