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Recent Examples of bedridden
Starkey spent almost a year, bedridden at home with her family, on oxygen.
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Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
Just to give one small example: early on in the movie Bernice, who spends most of the story bedridden watching shopping channels, spots a hideous piece of clothing being advertised on television.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Construction had already begun on the Copper House when, in 2013, Russell was immobilized with a severe case of an autoimmune disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, that left him paralyzed and then bedridden for months of recovery.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The storyline, which saw a bedridden Georgie (Montana Jordan) visited by his dead dad, was inspired by similar dreams that series co-creator Chuck Lorre has had of his own father.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 27 Feb. 2025
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Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
Just to give one small example: early on in the movie Bernice, who spends most of the story bedridden watching shopping channels, spots a hideous piece of clothing being advertised on television.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Construction had already begun on the Copper House when, in 2013, Russell was immobilized with a severe case of an autoimmune disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, that left him paralyzed and then bedridden for months of recovery.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The storyline, which saw a bedridden Georgie (Montana Jordan) visited by his dead dad, was inspired by similar dreams that series co-creator Chuck Lorre has had of his own father.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
Adjective
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But does that mean that vegans are going against human’s evolutionary history and are bound to be weak, sickly, and even stupid?—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The collection of slab-like columns by Derek McLane, lit in sickly, sullen colors by Natasha Katz, could be anywhere.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Actually, the Madam and other women at the brothel have taken on the responsibility of caring for an ailing Fengxian, who is unable to take care of herself let alone a child.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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But as the stories grow of ailing or troubled veterans who die or attempt suicide because of their inability to get the VA’s help, these lawmakers can only hide for so long.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This was the spring of 2020, however, and the impossibilities of international travel, and my dad’s frail health, delayed the journey.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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The op-ed also followed Biden's frail performance against President Donald Trump in the June 27 presidential debate.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Here is one sequence of events: U.S. legislators and the Senate pass a resolution to declare tariffs invalid.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The association had two weeks to collect new signatures or correct invalid ones to make up the difference.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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However, there is no formal provision in canon law for an incapacitated pope, and there are no current signs that Francis is unable to govern.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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