terminally ill
Example Sentences
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My closest friend of more than 40 years is terminally ill, with most likely less than a year to live.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
But nothing about her suggests that she is terminally ill.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Dame Esther, who is 86 and terminally ill with cancer, said that though she had planned to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland, she is now too frail to travel.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But in 2018 Trump signed the Right to Try Act, which allows terminally ill patients to access certain experimental drugs and immunotherapy treatments that have not received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The day he learned that he was terminally ill was the day he lost interest in his purchasing power.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
