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Example Sentences

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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

Good-time McCarthy wants to make up for having neglected his ailing friend; his ailing friend, having neglected himself, is more than a little defensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

She could pay for her trip by selling the sugar, and it would give her a chance to see the big city and her perpetually ailing sister.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson