bedridden
Example Sentences
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“Everyone knows their postman’s name — right?” a bedridden retiree nervously trills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
My mother is bedridden and has very limited use of her hands.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The house he shares with his 86-year-old wife, who is partially bedridden, was not damaged, but he has only been permitted to visit it to pick up medication.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Woodrow Wilson lay terminally bedridden when the crash began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Now he was stuck in the middle of an increasingly acrimonious debate between the browbeating Lawrence and the bedridden Compton.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
