bedridden
Example Sentences
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My 91-year-old mother is bedridden in an assisted-living memory-care facility in Virginia.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
My mother is bedridden and has very limited use of her hands.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Anthony Darrell Hines, 66, who has maintained his innocence for four years and is bedridden, is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on Thursday under the same protocol that failed twelve weeks ago with Carruthers.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Carmen Guedez, 69, was in the same room as her bedridden sister when she felt the jolt.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
And when he became bedridden, she turned him on his side every hour so he wouldn’t get a bedsore.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
