How to Use bedridden in a Sentence

bedridden

adjective

• Fore was once bedridden after a car crash at age 15.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• Beth is bedridden, Duane said, but is up every once in a while.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 6 Oct. 2017
• The injuries left him bedridden, blind, deaf and unable to breathe or eat on his own.
  — Staff Report, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2022
• With my dad, for the last three years, he's been bedridden and he's not been able to recognize me.
  — Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
• That would explain why Steve was bedridden for three days prior to his death.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2022
• Patients with severe cases are bedridden for years and rarely move or speak.
  — Mike Mariani, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2019
• Her most severe episode lasted nearly two months and left her bedridden.
  — Melanie Curry, People.com, 23 May 2025
• Since the surgery that was cut short, Cannon has been nearly bedridden.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• His dad, who was a cop, don’t take any stuff from anyone type of guy, all of a sudden is bedridden.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• Five years have passed since, and Shivani remains bedridden most of the time.
  — TIME, 16 May 2024
• Authorities said the child in that case has been left bedridden.
  — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
• Authorities said the child in that case has been left bedridden.
  — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
• Hestrin said the child is bedridden and has cerebral palsy as a result of the abuse.
  — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
• As a young boy, George was diagnosed with polio and bedridden for four months.
  — Jamie Swinnerton, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2019
• She was killed instantly and Patrick was bedridden for two years after.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
• Bowie had been bedridden with pneumonia through the battle, and met his death fighting from his cot.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 16 Mar. 2021
• The room where Wise was bedridden for years now is an altar room crowded with statues and relics.
  — Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2019
• Soler said some of her neighbors bedridden and caregivers are forced to use towels and wet wipes to clean them.
  — ABC News, 12 June 2026
• One chapter recounts a childhood illness that left her bedridden for months.
  — Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
• Sufien, bedridden and moribund at the book’s beginning, looks back on his life.
  — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
• The attack only maims Aegon, who is left bedridden and unable to walk on his own.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 20 June 2026
• The young boy was bedridden, unable to speak and living in filth, according to the report.
  — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
• The picture, which was posted last night, showed Trump in a robe with his hand on the forehead of a bedridden man.
  — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
• When Stanley was a young child, her mother became ill and was often bedridden.
  — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 16 July 2019
• Owner Katie came down with a cold earlier this week, keeping her bedridden for most of the day.
  — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
• While his father was bedridden, Bryce Brown was coping an injury to a disc in his back.
  — James Crepea, AL.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• And Aegon, bedridden and cockless, still holds on to the flimsy dream of power.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
• The trip also meant Marcus had to leave behind his sick mother, who was bedridden, which tore at him.
  — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023
• After being bedridden for months, Bailey got a two-part surgery last March.
  — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
• The only people not seeing a cut in food delivery will be seniors who are home and bedridden.
  — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 22 May 2026