sickliness

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Noun
  • Each of his figures exists in a limbo of invalidism, enervation, atrophied mythology, Arcadian dreams of bathing beauties, and all our endless Modernist nudes by riverbeds, in parks, beds, stripped naked facing us, or masturbating.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2021
  • As Eliot went through a crisis involving his turn to Christianity, Vivien’s invalidism, and his mother’s death, his letters got more and more intense and confessional.
    Christopher Tayler, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
Noun
  • The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
  • President Biden’s troubles — lingering inflation, wars and rumors of wars, his debility — could have benefited any Republican.
    David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • This greater understanding is now being explored as potential preventions or therapies for a wide range of diseases, from H5N1 bird flu and HIV to cancer.
    Simon Williams, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Myths, folk tales, and negative media coverage mean people often link these flying mammals to vampires or blame them for disease outbreaks.
    Anna Tunkova, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In playing the character later on, was there a sort of reverse-engineering of his decrepitude?
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The clinics’ decrepitude was regularly mentioned in health ministry meetings.
    Mara Kardas-Nelson, The Dial, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As the owner’s personal life spins out of control, Bert’s malady makes all the animals grapple with their own thoughts on mortality and freedom.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
  • In 2022, a series of maladies (groin, Covid, blurred vision, and a wrist) limited him to 98 games.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Miscellaneous The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules or the Affidavit will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
  • This latest result has nothing to say about parallel universes, the multiverse, or the validity or invalidity of any of the still-viable interpretations of quantum mechanics.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Emergency room doctors see the worst-case scenarios, the weird fluke accidents, the mysterious ailments and miraculous recoveries.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
  • His ailment isn’t known. — Edge rusher Mo Kamara, who left Friday’s practice, returned.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The governor skillfully countered attacks from Republicans and conservative media regarding Biden’s mental infirmity and physical limitations.
    Matt Klink, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
  • Some blame reporters defending Biden’s obvious infirmity rather than reporting the hard facts.
    Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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“Sickliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickliness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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