ailing
Example Sentences
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It’s common for people to move closer to ailing relatives.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente said it will give ailing Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital a $25-million grant to help expand its overcrowded emergency department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In 1960, they were in New York City’s Greenwich Village when the Weavers’ Ronnie Gilbert invited my father to a living wake for the ailing folk singer Cisco Houston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Presidential elections are scheduled for next year, amid speculation that the ailing Ortega is preparing a dynastic succession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
They readied the remaining dogs; but the ailing men would have to pull also.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
