ailments
Example Sentences
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Parton had canceled a planned Las Vegas engagement in May 2026, revealing that she was being treated for kidney stones as well as other undisclosed digestive and immune ailments.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
He posted on social media about various health ailments, including irritable bowel syndrome and spondylolisthesis, a condition caused by a vertebra slipping out of place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Typically, those ailments — think flu and respiratory syncytial virus — spike in the winter, and aren’t really seen outside of that season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
We always stayed in touch, almost every week or so and we'd usually talk about our ailments and then about what we'd been doing that particular week.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
I asked as we strolled down the aisle of instant fix-it supplies for bad stomachs, headaches, excess mucus, and other ailments.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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