bedridden
Example Sentences
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Some elderly residents are bedridden and get no water unless a neighbour carries it up several flights in the dark.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
She recalls caring for a friend's bedridden mother, only to be barred from the funeral rites after her death.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Quadriplegic and bedridden in a prefabricated home, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe -- yet he runs a high-tech farm in southwestern China using sensors, cameras and a computer.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
This insight opens the possibility of developing medications that replicate the benefits of exercise, offering new hope for older adults, bedridden patients, and individuals with chronic illnesses who face a higher risk of fractures.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
Now he was stuck in the middle of an increasingly acrimonious debate between the browbeating Lawrence and the bedridden Compton.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
