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Examples of unwell in a Sentence
Miss Bennett, are you unwell?
I am sorry she is feeling unwell.
Recent Examples on the Web
Her mother became her daily chauffeur as Cray felt too weak and unwell to drive herself.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
There are far too many mass school shootings because there are far too many mentally unwell students and far too many parents who are careless with their firearms.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
Tucked beside railroad tracks that course through gnarly woods, the encampment harbors the disenfranchised and distrusting, the addicted and the unwell, the vulnerable and the predatory.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
The police shoot a mentally unwell man in front of her.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of unwell was
in the 15th century
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“Unwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwell. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
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