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Recent Examples of sickroom
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.
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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
In 1855, Martineau once again confined herself to a sickroom due to a resurgence of her symptoms.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2021
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
Dying people in the bygone world were said to have commonly seen their dead relations or others known to them—not in the hallucinatory trips of the near-death experience, but in the sickroom with them.
—John Crowley, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
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
In 1855, Martineau once again confined herself to a sickroom due to a resurgence of her symptoms.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2021
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
Dying people in the bygone world were said to have commonly seen their dead relations or others known to them—not in the hallucinatory trips of the near-death experience, but in the sickroom with them.
—John Crowley, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickroom
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The man was taken to a Fargo, N.D., hospital by ambulance to be treated for a single gunshot wound.Matt Henson, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
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Two people, not firefighters, were injured and taken to a hospital, Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff said.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Plus, Tristan’s love for Halloween has landed him in the infirmary — his spooky, decorative lamps have been leaking gas, giving him carbon monoxide poisoning.Claire Franken, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
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He was taken to the infirmary but returned to his cell twice before being found unconscious three days later and pronounced dead at the hospital.Jonathan Mattise, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Excluding clinic closure costs, net income was $9.1 million, with earnings per share of $0.55.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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The Bottom Line Including an embryo disposition clause in prenuptial agreements helps to avoid the heartache and legal battles that can arise from ambiguous fertility clinic consent forms.Julia Rodgers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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With Hans Castorp still in his first week at the sanatorium, Mann abandoned the manuscript as Europe plunged into unprecedented destruction.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mieczysław Wojnicz, a young Polish engineer in training, has arrived at the sanatorium in Göbersdorf, a resort town in the Silesian mountains near the current Polish-Czech border.Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Sickroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickroom. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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