bedridden
Example Sentences
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I’ve gone from broadcasting a daily radio show, writing a weekly column, flying to deliver at least one lecture a week, and taking at least one listener cruise a year to a bedridden life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Quadriplegic and bedridden in a prefabricated home, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe -- yet he runs a high-tech farm in southwestern China using sensors, cameras and a computer.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
This insight opens the possibility of developing medications that replicate the benefits of exercise, offering new hope for older adults, bedridden patients, and individuals with chronic illnesses who face a higher risk of fractures.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
A cause of death was not reported, but Kalodimos said Moore had been bedridden for about 15 months after a fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
He was wide-awake, and he knew he was a prisoner in one of those sleepless, bedridden nights that would take an eternity to dissolve into dawn.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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