bedridden
Example Sentences
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Three of Boonma’s charges are bedridden like her mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Carmen Guedez, 69, was in the same room as her bedridden sister when she felt the jolt.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Some elderly residents are bedridden and get no water unless a neighbour carries it up several flights in the dark.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
"We need water in the apartments; we need water when people are bedridden in nappies. Without water, we cannot function," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
The staff had been told that Japan Special Defense Forces would be there soon to move the bedridden patients.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
