bedridden

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Recent Examples of bedridden 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 Owner Katie came down with a cold earlier this week, keeping her bedridden for most of the day. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025 Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all residents (including bedridden hospital patients) of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and all other sizable population centers. Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 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
  • There are numerous exemptions, such as pregnant women, caregivers, the medically frail, and others.
    Anthony Digiorgio, Oc Register, 20 May 2025
  • Medicaid spends more than half its budget on medical and long-term care for frail, low-income older adults and younger people with disabilities, according to a KFF data note.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The court ordered that four of Trump’s executive orders are invalid and must be repealed.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 30 May 2025
  • The suit argues that the designation of Chuckwalla was an invalid use of the Antiquities Act, and also claims the Antiquities Act itself is unconstitutional.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • The move came after state public health inspectors fined Golden Legacy for handcuffing an incapacitated patient’s ankle to the bed in violation of state and federal laws.
    Don Thompson, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The 25th Amendment also has a controversial provision that allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet, or the majority of another body that Congress designated by law, to initiate the transfer of powers from an incapacitated president to the vice president.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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