bedridden

Example Sentences

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Earlier this month, his lawyers said he had already been bedridden or in a wheelchair for a long time.

From BBC • May 14, 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

Over the next few days both pilots were bedridden, vomiting, with diarrhea, and tremors in their hands and legs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

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

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Naomi forced Abuelita out of her mind, but the image of Abuelito, bedridden and drooling, remained.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez