How to Use ailing in a Sentence

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• The plan was for Alexander to test the ailing knee in the first half.
  — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2017
• By the time the ace came back, the closer and his ailing arm were gone.
  — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• That’s when the teen took a seat on the ailing driver’s lap.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2018
• That means a healthy 65-year-old has the same chance of getting a shot as an ailing 85-year-old.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021
• The ailing author in the book is 67, Johnson’s age at his own death.
  — Nate Hopper, Time, 11 Jan. 2018
• Donigan has a plan to put the ailing pharmacy chain back on track.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 June 2022
• Meanwhile, a prince from one of the last known safe havens attempts to find medicine for the ailing queen (Lucy Liu).
  — Deirdre Durkan, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2018
• The front porch is a tough place to discuss how to reform the ailing U.S. health care system.
  — Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, 9 May 2018
• Mr Johnson rarely opens his mouth without a paean to the beloved but ailing NHS.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019
• The ailing doctor has also struggled to have a fair day in court.
  — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2020
• At this point, Hill isn’t sure what else the city could do to keep ailing restaurants downtown afloat.
  — Fixing Our City Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2022
• Pederson doesn’t want Wentz’s legs to be the cure for an ailing running game.
  — Zach Berman, Philly.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• Their ailing mother, Karon Fay, also heard the screams and ran out to see her only son suspended in the air in the camper.
  — Ethan Ward, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
• In front of their peers, two children played a brother and sister in search of milk to cure their ailing mother.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2022
• Despite the ailing running back room, the rest of the team is relatively healthy.
  — Paul Hodowanic, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2019
• Soffer spoke to the ailing athlete calmly and helped him downstairs to the locker room.
  — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• Ho reportedly met Chan, a nurse, when she was hired to care for an ailing Leitao, who died in 2004.
  — Zen Soo and Kelvin Chan, USA TODAY, 26 May 2020
• Revival calls to mind the return to vigor of our ailing spirit.
  — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
• Making an ailing-lover romance is a rite of passage for many young stars.
  — Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2018
• This starts with Team Emery, which Miller branded and embraced to help ailing children.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2020
• Ochoa and Smith stepped in to purchase the club and golf course after the ailing club's board mulled selling the site to the city of Slidell, which planned to utilize it as green space and ponds to help the area's drainage.
  — Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• That’s about six hundred million less than the M.T.A. requested from the state to fix the ailing subway system.
  — Nikil Saval, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2019
• Krull left Chicago in 2020 to care for an ailing relative and is no longer handling the Kelly case.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
• For an already ailing sector, the pandemic has been a body blow.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 6 Apr. 2020
• Then, in a mark of disdain for the ailing Qing empire, America broke that promise.
  — The Economist, 11 July 2020
• Taking care of aging parents or an ailing child, spouse or sibling can be a full-time job.
  — Doug Williams, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The Karr girls basketball team played a second game without its ailing head coach.
  — Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 20 Jan. 2021
• The toxic tabloid culture even went as far to accuse Markle and the news of the Oprah interview for contributing to Prince Philip's ailing health.
  — Neha Prakash, Marie Claire, 9 Apr. 2021
• Mia agrees to let Max's ailing dog find solace with her newfound companion, in exchange for Max showing her the hidden gems of Seattle.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• Widespread concern The ailing property sector is widely believed to lie at the root of China’s numerous economic woes.
  — Juliana Liu, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024