bedridden

Example Sentences

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"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

This insight opens the possibility of developing medications that replicate the benefits of exercise, offering new hope for older adults, bedridden patients, and individuals with chronic illnesses who face a higher risk of fractures.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Over the next few days both pilots were bedridden, vomiting, with diarrhea, and tremors in their hands and legs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Most of the building's residents were sick and bedridden elderly people.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

He was wide-awake, and he knew he was a prisoner in one of those sleepless, bedridden nights that would take an eternity to dissolve into dawn.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller