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Example Sentences

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Hoppock said Estelle was detained on a layover, as she traveled home from visiting her ailing father in France.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Suu Kyi remains massively popular inside Myanmar, but has been held almost completely incommunicado as her family warned of her ailing health.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

In 2009, after petitioning the court to have her ailing father placed under a conservatorship, Catherine was permitted to visit Peter Falk, who was suffering from dementia.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

They are causes she believes strongly in - hence the car tyre fix for her ailing shoes that was sourced by the side of the road.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The Wall of Ailing Corn was still there, though I saw no corn, ailing or otherwise, along that wall now.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini