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Recent Examples of convalesce Its harm is felt when a reporter accosts a convalescing patient in the hospital, when a private detective peers through a neighbor's bedroom window for weeks, and when a photographer snaps an opportunistic photo of a woman's underwear. ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025 Rick though seems disgruntled — about the location and the food, and about the fact that the resort’s co-owner is convalescing from an illness in Bangkok and isn’t around. Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025 According to Lindbergh, Brown contracted pneumonia while convalescing from a fall. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 Tilda Swinton convalesces in the most beautiful hospital room in the world in The Room Next Door. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for convalesce
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  • In Too Much, Stalter stars as Jessica Salmon, a New Yorker in her mid-30s who, in the midst of recovering from a bad break-up, agrees to take a job in London assisting filmmakers working on commercials.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
  • Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images With that being said, everyone recovers from a torn Achilles injury differently.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
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  • People die from extreme heat, Horton said, not necessarily because of acute exposure in the middle of the day, but because humid heat persists through the night, limiting the body’s ability to recover, rest and recuperate.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • Karen’s husband, Lou, who was also injured in the attack and is recuperating, has been my friend for nearly 70 years.
    Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2025

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“Convalesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convalesce. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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