laid-up
Example Sentences
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While I was laid up, I spent time reading on social media about former colleagues who were publicizing new books, speaking at conferences and otherwise staying in the limelight—and I felt envious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Insurance companies don’t pay primary-care doctors to see patients in hospital; doctors might not know if a patient is laid up with a broken hip or beginning cancer treatment.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
"I don't know what to say, man, I've been laid up for like six years...thank you from the bottom of my heart," he told the crowd.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025
The reason that it matters that many of us will be laid up with the regular old seasonal flu is something called co-infection.
From Slate • Dec. 31, 2024
Against the doc’s advice, Captain Cat insisted on eating dinner in the great cabin that night, though her man Harye was still laid up in the sick bay.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
