bedridden

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Recent Examples of bedridden The end credits feature several sequences, beginning with the band and Elton all bedridden in the hospital, wearing casts. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 Testimony indicated that Polk had been providing in-home care for Margolick for several years after the older woman had COVID-19 and became bedridden and Zarnowitz hired nursing care for his wife. Christina Hall, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Fore was once bedridden after a car crash at age 15. Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Jagger and Tyler cheering up a bedridden Phil Collins in a hospital. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bedridden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
Adjective
  • Her parents could have believed their sickly child had died and buried her according to local customs.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Only Abi, the young nanny, can make the sickly girl smile.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • De Meo pledged to double down on his efforts after the ailing French luxury group on Wednesday reported a 10 percent drop in revenues in the third quarter.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Commenting in July 2025 on the ailing performance of the US passport in the index, Richard Quest, CNN Business editor-at-large, noted how travel openness was being affected by the introduction of new restrictions such as ESTAs in the European Union and in the UK.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The figures were outgoing Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, Santiago Carrillo, head of the Spanish Communist Party, and armed forces chief Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado who, though a frail near-70, got up to order the rebel Guards to lay down their arms.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The fate of one of the few remaining opposition figures who was still in the country depended on the frail relationship between the Cuban government and the United States.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • An international arbitral tribunal in The Hague rejected China’s sweeping claims in a 2016 ruling that Beijing continues to dismiss as invalid.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This means astronauts will have to diagnose, treat, and manage crises without ground support, even if a crew member becomes incapacitated.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Cheryl Harris Gates, 43, of Charlotte, is also charged with contaminating food or drink to render one mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; stalking; and damage to property.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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