sick person
Example Sentences
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"A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one," he said as he stood in the Oval Office.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
I was nervous that he would have trepidations — ‘Oh, I’ve got this sick person on set.’
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
It typically takes three to four weeks to determine whether a sick person is part of an outbreak.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023
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
When a sick person was about to die, my mother could read the fact of it a year ahead of time on the daughters-in-law’s faces.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
