bedridden

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Recent Examples of bedridden 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 Shiv looks after their kids while also caring for her bedridden mother, while Boyle’s character, Patrick, rides his bike delivering fast food. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 May 2026 Throughout the trailer, Johnson’s Lowen is seen having a romantic relationship with Hartnett’s Jeremy — only a bedridden Hathaway’s Verity is never far. Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for bedridden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
Adjective
  • In the heyday of her career, her choppy hair, flat chest, sickly pallor and large darting eyes were a manic pixie dream.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • First, the spots appear, then leaves yellow and fall off the plant, and your rose bush turns into a sickly collection of sticks with no flower buds in sight.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • Her death was announced to TMZ by her boyfriend Roy Hernandez, who had just this week set up a GoFundMe page for the ailing Chase.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 June 2026
  • Borba headed home to care for his ailing dad.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • Listeria is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, or others with weakened immune systems.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • But the job market in California remains frail, said Michael Bernick, an employment attorney with law firm Duane Morris and a former director of the state EDD.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • What’s the vibe for you, post-dying?
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Garden centers aren't giving a refund for a dying or dead plant but rather a discount on a new purchase.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Many argue that signatures are invalid because signers listed incorrect addresses or live outside of the district the candidate wants to represent.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
  • Some associations would deny the requests over invalid online registrations, and some residents would accuse their community of overzealous rule enforcement.
    Shari Wald Garrett, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • Prosecutors, who had sought seven years and seven months in jail, said that the four women accusing him of rape, in both the proven and unproven cases, had each time been too unconscious or too incapacitated to resist him after attending parties.
    Gwladys Fouche, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The spoof comedy parodied 1970s disaster films and followed Hays' character, who must overcome his fear of flying to land a commercial jet when its crew and passengers become incapacitated by food poisoning.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026

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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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