ailing

Example Sentences

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Good-time McCarthy wants to make up for having neglected his ailing friend; his ailing friend, having neglected himself, is more than a little defensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined the rest of the regular season, the ailing Lakers will be without their starting backcourt possibly into the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The German government and the country's chemical industry on Thursday presented a sweeping plan to help the ailing sector as it faces new headwinds from the Middle East war energy shock.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The Scottish government later nationalised the ailing Ferguson's shipyard in Port Glasgow where Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa were being built.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien