maladies

Example Sentences

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Both she and Cushman sought fashionable “hydropathy, or water cures” for painful maladies: Cushman suffered from breast cancer, and Stebbins from a respiratory affliction likely caused by inhaling marble dust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

Research shows that such stress can cause an increase in physical, psychological and emotional illness, along with other maladies, up to and including death.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

From Grover Cleveland to John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump, examples abound of presidential maladies being minimized or kept secret.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Supplicants approach him and put their hands on his veiny arms and bony shoulders, seeking healing from maladies real or imagined.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner