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

Palace hopes that she would be left alone to convalesce were dashed.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

She will convalesce at home for two to three months, according to her office at the palace, and will not return to official duties until after Easter, which falls on March 31 this year.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 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

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

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan