mortally ill
Example Sentences
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Charles spent the winter of 1942–43 mortally ill with typhus, and would not have survived had he not been made kapo of the Aufnahmeschreiber commando in the spring of 1943.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2022
"He was in bits, mortally ill as we now know. God knows how he did it. It moved you to be there."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022
When Jeff's friend draws the line at stealing the identity of a mortally ill man in Gene's time, does the man who used to be Jimmy McGill heed that warning?
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2022
Planning to devote a further three years to polishing his Homeric magnum opus, the unfortunate poet instead fell mortally ill in 19 BCE and ordered his friends to destroy the manuscript.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2017
Barbarossa slumped into his chair with the sigh of a mortally ill man.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
