bedridden

Example Sentences

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The younger brother said his sister had been bedridden for the last two years and as her health deteriorated she appeared to have stopped breathing on Saturday, according to the temple's manager.

From BBC

Paul Thompson, noted that Jeremy’s “medical condition has deteriorated to the point that he is essentially bedridden.”

From Los Angeles Times

The next day she was bedridden with fissures of pain radiating across her upper back as if someone was trying to tear her muscles in two.

From Salon

Even while bedridden, I tried to piece together the meaning behind my brain’s dysfunction.

From Salon

And Rebecca's husband – Wyatt – he was bedridden with a racking cough.

From Scientific American