ailment

Example Sentences

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Normally, Buckingham Palace is opaque about the monarch’s personal ailments.

From The Wall Street Journal

I am not sure I have enough saved because my mom had dementia and both parents had some ailments as they aged.

From MarketWatch

Whatever cough, ailment or condition comes his way, Morris said he “would have to second-guess every medical and health maneuver” and whether it justified a doctor’s visit.

From MarketWatch

Europe faces many and varied political, cultural and economic ailments, several of them severe.

From The Wall Street Journal

And unlike other medical shows, most of the ailments are so bizarre that you won’t have to worry if that cough or twinge is a sign that you’re getting one of them.

From Los Angeles Times