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bedridden

adjective as in sick in bed

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The younger brother said his sister had been bedridden for the last two years and as her health deteriorated she appeared to have stopped breathing on Saturday, according to the temple's manager.

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Most of the building's residents were sick and bedridden elderly people.

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The staff had been told that Japan Special Defense Forces would be there soon to move the bedridden patients.

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“God’s got my back,” he sang, still bedridden.

Keaton was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Bessie Lee, a woman who has been caring for years for her bedridden father when she is diagnosed with leukemia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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