ailment
Example Sentences
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MLB teams want to know about every physical ailment their players are dealing with in real time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The FDA also requires that a drug be tested for its ability to treat a named ailment rather than something more general like “aging.”
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
The fascinated Kayleen, clearly outclassed in the first round of the ailment and injury competition that forms the mordant spine of the play, asks to see and touch Doug’s wound.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
But a month later, Glover announced he was forced to cancel the rest of the tour because of an "ailment" that required tests, surgery, and "time out to heal".
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
For the greater number of her twenty-nine years, Bibi Haldar suffered from an ailment that baffled family, friends, priests, palmists, spinsters, gem therapists, prophets, and fools.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing ailment
Chains
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The Fault in Our Stars
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