terminally ill

idiom

: having a disease that cannot be cured and will cause death

Examples of terminally ill in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
YoungBoy Never Broke Again helped make a terminally ill child’s dream come true by collaborating with him on his first official musical release, which has since gone viral amid a groundswell of support. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025 However, in June, the British parliament voted in favor of a bill to legalize it for terminally ill people. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Produced by Thai film studio GDH, the film follows a young man, M, who moves in to take care of his terminally ill grandmother in a bid to win her inheritance. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025 Fans were proven right when Olyphant debuted as Kirsch, a robot from the Prodigy corporation tasked with mentoring Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and the Lost Boys, a group of hybrids, a new technology that allowed for the consciousness of terminally ill children to be placed in adult android forms. EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for terminally ill

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!