bedridden

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Recent Examples of bedridden Ed’s sister, Charlotte, is bedridden in a care facility where Ed waits to update Spenser on the whole Bern thing. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025 At the time of his death, David was in the final stages of the disease and had been bedridden, only able to communicate through a signing board, according to ABC. Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Many also were concerned about Puerto Rico’s elderly population, with the mayor of Canóvanas deploying brigades to visit the bedridden and those who depend on electronic medical equipment. Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025 Huston plays the brooding, bedridden widow who watches keenly over Gull’s Point, the Devonshire coastal estate that is both her domain and lookout tower. Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bedridden
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Adjective
  • As a sickly boy raised by two women, young Darin was smothered with affection.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 22 May 2025
  • Lambrusco became synonymous with that sickly tipple—which bore no resemblance to the refreshingly dry and crisp Lambrusco guzzled by Italians.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • An ailing right thumb could explain his shooting woes during the postseason, when the fourth-year guard suffered through a horrendous 0-of-15 shooting slump and shot just 4-of-23 over his last six playoff games.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
  • Injury updates: In a move quickly buried under a pile of managerial chaos, the Rockies transferred the ailing Kris Bryant to the 60-day IL May 11 amid an ongoing back issue.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The actor, to whom the film is dedicated, returns for one brief scene, looking very frail and obviously ill.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
  • In rare cases, salmonella can result in more serious illness and can be fatal in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.
    Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 4 May 2025
Adjective
  • But there’s a risk to competing with an invalid NIL deal, because the schools are arming the CSC with enforcement authority.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
  • That some of the claims of the key EPC patents were invalid and should never have been granted in the first place.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Decades later, an increasingly erratic and incapacitated C.F. railed against his three sons’ attempts to take over Seabrook Farms.
    Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025
  • For his part, Russell isn’t going for embodying just another big-screen bad guy, but rather an intriguing and respected citizen on the surface here with a beloved dog and an incapacitated wife who will figure into Kateri’s plans.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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