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Examples of unwell in a Sentence
Miss Bennett, are you unwell?
I am sorry she is feeling unwell.
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Ana Benevides Machado began to feel unwell in the hours before Swift’s show at Estadio Nilton Santos on November 17.
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Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
This created an impossible situation for hospitals filled with patients who were too unwell to be moved.
—WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023
These symptoms, along with fever, are also signs of flu and COVID-19, too, so if your child is feeling very unwell, consider having a doctor check your child for these viruses.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 10 Sep. 2023
Netanyahu is said to be in generally good health, though he was briefly hospitalized last October after feeling unwell during prayers on Yom Kippur, day when observant Jews fast.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
Some ninety per cent of Americans report going to work while feeling unwell.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2023
Epps became unwell while attending the memorial service for Charles L. Blockson, a curator emeritus of the Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple, who died in June, according to Temple University.
—Teddy Grant, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2023
The cause of the crash is still being investigated but it’s believed that the 40-year-old driver may have been unwell before the tragedy.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
Dodd started working at Goldman’s London office in November 2018 but reportedly became unwell in 2019 before quitting two years later.
—Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
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Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
This created an impossible situation for hospitals filled with patients who were too unwell to be moved.
—WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023
These symptoms, along with fever, are also signs of flu and COVID-19, too, so if your child is feeling very unwell, consider having a doctor check your child for these viruses.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 10 Sep. 2023
Netanyahu is said to be in generally good health, though he was briefly hospitalized last October after feeling unwell during prayers on Yom Kippur, day when observant Jews fast.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
Some ninety per cent of Americans report going to work while feeling unwell.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2023
Epps became unwell while attending the memorial service for Charles L. Blockson, a curator emeritus of the Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple, who died in June, according to Temple University.
—Teddy Grant, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2023
The cause of the crash is still being investigated but it’s believed that the 40-year-old driver may have been unwell before the tragedy.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
Dodd started working at Goldman’s London office in November 2018 but reportedly became unwell in 2019 before quitting two years later.
—Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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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 8 Dec. 2023.
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