bedridden
Example Sentences
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My mother is bedridden and has very limited use of her hands.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
My 91-year-old mother is bedridden in an assisted-living memory-care facility in Virginia.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The house he shares with his 86-year-old wife, who is partially bedridden, was not damaged, but he has only been permitted to visit it to pick up medication.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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
According to the scullery maid she was still bedridden; apparently her labor had been complicated.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
