bedridden
Example Sentences
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But three weeks later, Bachteler was rushed to A&E and diagnosed with sepsis - a life-threatening illness that left her bedridden for days.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
Janet Vigo, a nail-salon technician, prepared four boxes of adult diapers and a rechargeable fan for her 84-year-old bedridden grandmother, who recently broke her hip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
She was sick and bedridden on Election Day, November 2, 1920.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
