sickroom

Example Sentences

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He says he is a doctor “offering cures” but always also the patient in the sickroom.

From Washington Post

In several, the setting is a sickroom, and in some the allegorical mode still dominates.

From New York Times

Even the devoted family dog, Heidi, was banished from the sickroom.

From Los Angeles Times

In the 19th century, he suspended basins filled with ice blocks - transported to Florida from northern lakes - in order to chill the sickrooms of fever-stricken patients.

From Washington Times

Severe decompression sickness from being in the caissons frequently confined him to a sickroom during construction.

From Economist