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
"If any of those people are struggling and need accommodation, we have got hire boats that are laid up for the winter."
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
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
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
One day he was walking around, the next he was hoarse and laid up in the hospital.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
