: having or suffering from an illness or injury
providing care for his ailing mother
trying to rest her ailing knee/back
a person in ailing health
—often used figurativelyan ailing company
an ailing economy
Examples of ailing in a Sentence
when his ailing wife had to go to a nursing home, he visited her every day
he was ailing from some sort of infection in his eye that made it look all red and puffy
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Still, lower interest rates, along with initiatives to boost tourism and revive the ailing local property sector, will support Hong Kong’s stock market, HSBC strategists said.
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Chloe Berger, Fortune Asia, 9 Jan. 2025
Pan additionally revealed cuts to existing mortgages and lowered the minimum mortgage downpayment from 25% to 15% for second-time homebuyers to support the ailing property sector, which many economists believe is the root cause of China’s numerous economic woes.
—Juliana Liu, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
Earlier in the year, James missed two games by taking a week away from the team to heal his ailing left foot and reset mentally.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Dunlap, whose father was a state senator in Minnesota, already had three children at home when he was approached by Westerberg to take over for the ailing Bob Stinson.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Chloe Berger, Fortune Asia, 9 Jan. 2025
Pan additionally revealed cuts to existing mortgages and lowered the minimum mortgage downpayment from 25% to 15% for second-time homebuyers to support the ailing property sector, which many economists believe is the root cause of China’s numerous economic woes.
—Juliana Liu, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
Earlier in the year, James missed two games by taking a week away from the team to heal his ailing left foot and reset mentally.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Dunlap, whose father was a state senator in Minnesota, already had three children at home when he was approached by Westerberg to take over for the ailing Bob Stinson.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Ailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ailing. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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