How to Use terminally ill in a Sentence

terminally ill

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  • Should terminally ill patients be allowed to take their own lives?
    — Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Chaichi said the tour made a strong case for an early release process for terminally ill inmates.
    — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The story follows a terminally ill father who sets out to find the ideal home life for his son to live.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
  • The film follows a young woman swept up in a new romance only to learn her partner is terminally ill.
    — H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Mark MacDonald is on a mission to buy more time for his terminally ill wife.
    — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
  • However, doctors noted that the child did not require such care and was not terminally ill.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time, Owen is prone to emotional affairs, even with women who are not terminally ill.
    — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 9 May 2025
  • The dogs would be neutered and put up for adoption – but any that are terminally ill, infectious or aggressive would be killed.
    — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Current laws restrict suicide access to terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less.
    — Sonja Wasden, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • In the series, it was explained that the character was terminally ill and decided to die in a blaze of glory.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Katie’s terminally ill father has died—physically—but his brain is making mischief on the web.
    — WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Everything in Constantine is washed with green, as though the whole world were unwell and not just the film’s terminally ill hero.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Only to learn that Richard's father, Lord Brightlingsea, is terminally ill.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
  • That path led him to focus on providing compassionate care for the terminally ill in hospice.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Bluestein said the amendment means that other terminally ill people in the Northeast can take advantage of the law.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 3 May 2023
  • Kelson guides Spike’s terminally ill mother to a graceful death, and shows him how to honor her memory.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The law allows terminally ill patients with six months or less to live to request life-ending medication from their doctors.
    — Paul Fillinger, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
  • Liu plays Irene, a terminally ill mother who discovers her teenage son’s interest in mass shootings.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The End of Life Option Act puts the weak, the elderly and the terminally ill at grave risk.
    — Jeffrey S. Trimbath, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Firstly, the dominant narrative is that end-of-life planning is for the elderly or terminally ill.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 23 June 2025
  • Starting Wednesday, terminally ill patients in New York will gain the legal right to end their lives.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The title essay concerns the journey toward death of her terminally ill friend, Sooki.
    — Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • Rigney stars as Kevin, one of the terminally ill teen residents of Brightcliffe Hospice.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Rask’s grandfather, Jon Ireland, was terminally ill and was being put on life support.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
  • The legislation will give terminally ill adults with less than six months to live the ability to have a doctor prescribe them a lethal medication.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Gere and Schrader have spent months working on makeup and lighting that will inform how the audience will view the terminally ill Fife.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • Illinois could soon join a growing list of states where terminally ill patients would be allowed to take life-ending medication prescribed by a doctor.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Enlarge / Eight terminally ill teens in hospice cope with their fate by telling scary stories in The Midnight Club.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2022
  • There, he’s greeted by a smiling stranger, Josef (Duplass), who claims to be terminally ill and looking to make a video diary for his unborn child.
    — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
  • After receiving a go-ahead from doctors and the panel, the terminally ill person would have to be capable of taking the fatal drugs themselves.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025

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