How to Use ailing in a Sentence

ailing

adjective

• By the time the ace came back, the closer and his ailing arm were gone.
  — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Donigan has a plan to put the ailing pharmacy chain back on track.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 June 2022
• The plan was for Alexander to test the ailing knee in the first half.
  — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2017
• Borba headed home to care for his ailing dad.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 15 June 2026
• The ailing doctor has also struggled to have a fair day in court.
  — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2020
• Maybe the client had to leave their job to take care of an ailing family member.
  — Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
• Making an ailing-lover romance is a rite of passage for many young stars.
  — Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2018
• Boston didn’t get much at all out of the ailing Porziņģis.
  — David Aldridge, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
• At this point, Hill isn’t sure what else the city could do to keep ailing restaurants downtown afloat.
  — Fixing Our City Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2022
• What did an ailing offensive line need during the bye week, other than rest?
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 28 Oct. 2020
• Revival calls to mind the return to vigor of our ailing spirit.
  — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
• Taking care of aging parents or an ailing child, spouse or sibling can be a full-time job.
  — Doug Williams, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• For an already ailing sector, the pandemic has been a body blow.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 6 Apr. 2020
• Pederson doesn’t want Wentz’s legs to be the cure for an ailing running game.
  — Zach Berman, Philly.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• The ailing author in the book is 67, Johnson’s age at his own death.
  — Nate Hopper, Time, 11 Jan. 2018
• One voted by proxy while caring for her ailing 86-year-old mother.
  — Time, 27 Dec. 2022
• Moffo put Porkchop’s poop around an ailing lilac tree that hadn’t been blooming.
  — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2022
• In front of their peers, two children played a brother and sister in search of milk to cure their ailing mother.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2022
• The law does not provide benefits for those who take time off to care for an ailing relative.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2022
• That means a healthy 65-year-old has the same chance of getting a shot as an ailing 85-year-old.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021
• Supreme Leader Khamenei is 86 and ailing.
  — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
• Soffer spoke to the ailing athlete calmly and helped him downstairs to the locker room.
  — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• Despite the ailing running back room, the rest of the team is relatively healthy.
  — Paul Hodowanic, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2019
• The Karr girls basketball team played a second game without its ailing head coach.
  — Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 20 Jan. 2021
• Chemical odors persist in some places, and anecdotes of dead wildlife and ailing pets are mounting.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• Barbara Boxer gives Biden two weeks to fix his ailing campaign.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
• But the ailing billionaire had been caught up in a war with his family for control of his empire.
  — Ese Erheriene, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
• An ailing brother wanted to give his sister a 1-acre plot of land in Arizona.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 9 Dec. 2025
• Those ailing leaves can be a sign of deeper problems such as rotting roots or a bug infestation.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
• Mr Johnson rarely opens his mouth without a paean to the beloved but ailing NHS.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019