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Recent Examples of sickroom
On the night of September 8, 1976, as Mao hovered near death, senior members of the Politburo gathered in a sickroom in the leadership compound in Beijing to pay their final respects.
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Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
This show at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., revealed an artist who always seemed to be emerging from dark sickrooms, seizing the landscape, which struck his eyes as fresh and startlingly sensate.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
To prevent infected air from seeping out of the sickroom, Fox suggests wedging towels in the gap under the bedroom door.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 17 May 2022
Martineau broke off all contact with Greenhow, left her sickroom in Tynemouth, and resumed traveling and writing once more.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2021
When Praskovya bursts into her husband’s sickroom, the music shoots a jolt of energy — and life — into the moment.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2021
For Richard Wright and Masaoka Shiki, lying on their sickroom beds, writing haiku was an art of short spurts of insight followed by exhaustion.
—Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 25 June 2020
Even the devoted family dog, Heidi, was banished from the sickroom.
—Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2020
Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
This show at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., revealed an artist who always seemed to be emerging from dark sickrooms, seizing the landscape, which struck his eyes as fresh and startlingly sensate.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
To prevent infected air from seeping out of the sickroom, Fox suggests wedging towels in the gap under the bedroom door.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 17 May 2022
Martineau broke off all contact with Greenhow, left her sickroom in Tynemouth, and resumed traveling and writing once more.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2021
When Praskovya bursts into her husband’s sickroom, the music shoots a jolt of energy — and life — into the moment.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2021
For Richard Wright and Masaoka Shiki, lying on their sickroom beds, writing haiku was an art of short spurts of insight followed by exhaustion.
—Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 25 June 2020
Even the devoted family dog, Heidi, was banished from the sickroom.
—Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickroom
Noun
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In April, firefighter paramedic Graham Hoffman, 29, died after being stabbed in the chest in the back of an ambulance while transporting a patient to a hospital on what started as a medical call from the police.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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After her first three babies came home, Ness kept up her daily visits to the hospital, bundling up her infants to sit with their sister.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But will the octogenarian, who resides in the prison infirmary, never having fully recovered from COVID-19 and needing oxygen to breathe, live long enough to get that chance? Perhaps.—
Gail Hollenbeck,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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There, Avram’s number was recorded on an infirmary card, just days before American troops liberated the camp.—
Marc Snegg,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After a life-altering chemical exposure overseas led to Ruponen losing his ability to walk, regular visits to the veterans' health clinic every six months are crucial.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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At Novant, the upfront cost is almost $3,000 for 24/7 access to a provider through two clinics in the region, Hallmark Care and Traditions Concierge Medicine in Charlotte.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Now, the sanatorium hosts public and private tours and paranormal investigations for those interested in exploring the building.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Aug. 2025
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Everyone knows of a brother or sister, an aunt or uncle, a friend, grandparent or great-grandparent who has vanished at the schools, at the Indian hospitals or sanatoriums, in lunatic asylums or from the streets.—
Tanya Talaga
July 24,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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