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Example Sentences
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Related: ‘I am fearful’: My ailing relative is being forced into assisted living.
From MarketWatch
Enthusiastic about the warming weather, Commander Kane sent seven ailing crew members out to explore and hunt for fresh meat.
From Literature
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Maybe Rice, who has been out since late November, would have elevated the Trojans’ ailing offense.
From Los Angeles Times
Down by 18 points in the second quarter, the ailing Mavericks had nearly pulled off an improbable comeback.
From Barron's
"My husband's got dementia, so I have had a lot of background," a visibly moved actress Anna Calder-Marshall, who plays the ailing mother in the film, told a press conference.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.