convalesce

Example Sentences

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To convalesce, they stay in this compound, and exercise by walking around its well-ordered clusters of three-story buildings and a synthetic turf avenue with a playground and soccer field.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

A volunteer with the group drove the bird to the Tri-State Bird Rescue in Delaware, where the owl continues to convalesce and regain the strength to fly regularly.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2023

As they convalesce, the children have told relatives harrowing details of their time in the jungle.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Krige plays Veronica Ghent, an actress who just had a double mastectomy and wants to convalesce at a rustic retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2022

Afterward, most patients were sent off to outlying hospitals to convalesce.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan