ill-beings

Definition of ill-beingsnext
plural of ill-being

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-beings
Noun
  • What Trump is most certainly reviewing is the viability of Noem as a Cabinet secretary, who has rapidly become a scapegoat for the predictable calamities of the high-visibility deployment of border guards as SWAT troops in urban centers.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The calamities of war shuttered many of the earliest kissa, as entire collections of jazz records were lost.
    Nneka M. Okona, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This week’s massive winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on at least 19 states, including those like Texas and Tennessee that are less prepared to deal with the miseries of winter weather.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The victims of prejudice and inequality are always the best guardians of the ramparts that sustain those miseries.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Ill-beings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-beings. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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