How to Use ailment in a Sentence

ailment

noun

• The doctor treated him for a variety of ailments.
• She suffered from a chronic back ailment.
• Garcia may join him in the infirmary with his knee ailment.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
• Naturally, there’s more to the daughter’s ailment — and the mother — than meets the eye.
  — Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
• His list of ailments and surgeries are about the only thing that can rival the list of his accomplishments in the game.
  — C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
• Stomach pain or tummy troubles are among the most common ailments that affect children and adults alike.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
• By not preventing or curing an ailment, a counterfeit therapy could lead to a worse course, or even death.
  — Muhammad H. Zaman, STAT, 26 Oct. 2021
• The underlying ailment is his shutting down under duress.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
• New England placed Jones on the injury list on Saturday with a shoulder ailment.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 25 Oct. 2021
• Cassidy said Foligno was due to have an MRI on his undisclosed upper-body ailment.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
• She was hospitalized for various ailments in 2005 and has kept her life private since then.
  — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
• Even the corneas of shark eyes have reportedly been used for human transplants in Yemen, and shark cartilage is marketed as a panacea for various ailments.
  — Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
• The Pentagon is using the funding to study arthritis, cancer and chronic fatigue — all ailments that affect women in the military.
  — Eva Pound, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
• Barmore made the first start of his NFL career on Sunday despite being limited in practices for the game by a shoulder ailment.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 30 Oct. 2021
• Thanks to an awkward ankle injury suffered in April, Mitchell didn’t enter the playoffs at full strength, controversially even sitting out of the first game due to the ailment.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Oct. 2021
• Behringer has a respiratory ailment that prevented her from providing a sufficient sample for the test, according to one of her lawyers, Joy Bertrand.
  — oregonlive, 20 Oct. 2021
• And over the next few weeks, Parsons would deal with the ailment on and off.
  — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• The cause was a heart ailment, said a daughter, Tiana Wertheim.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
• The cause was a heart ailment, said her daughter, Jane Swigert.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
• His son Matthew Arkin said that Mr. Arkin, who had heart ailments, died at home.
  — Peter Keepnews, New York Times, 30 June 2023
• The time takes its toll, and the number of 'ailments' increases.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
• Acne isn't just a teenage ailment—most men deal with it at some point.
  — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
• The most severe of those ailments seems to have been kidney disease.
  — Chris Morris, Variety, 24 May 2023
• The ailment that landed him on the PUP list on July 23 hasn’t been disclosed.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 28 July 2024
• So what exactly does the ramp-up process look like for such an ailment?
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
• Williams tried to play with a shoulder injury but left the game early because of the ailment.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 19 Dec. 2021
• Red Sanders died of a heart ailment after beating the Trojans.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Stevens cited the effects of a left glute ailment that has bothered her for two weeks.
  — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
• John Flaherty, his former chief of staff, said the cause was a heart ailment.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• Symptoms can range from dizziness to a rapid pulse depending on the ailment, the guide notes.
  — The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Jan 2025