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Example Sentences

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In 2019, Ed was ailing, and Val was incapacitated.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

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

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Air India is currently the biggest loss-making entity within the Tata Group - which took over the ailing carrier from the government in 2022 - and a point of growing consternation for the Tata board.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

But unless, by some miracle, Luka Doncic’s ailing hamstring is healed by Game 2 on Thursday, the Thunder are just much too much for these Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

For those of us at the shelter, it ended with two words, Behawenha Allah, spoken amid tears by an ailing man who leaned on a cane as he stood at the shelter’s door.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat