as in bedfast
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Recent Examples of bedridden
The actress’ requisite ferocious grace this time is lent to Sabine, an ailing French artist who refuses to waste her final days bedridden.
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Complicating the humor is the reality that at the center of this fiasco lies Olmo’s bedridden father, Nestor (Gustavo Sánchez Parra), disabled by illness (multiple sclerosis, it’s revealed late in the movie).
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Parra is excellent in his bedridden role as a man who can no longer help himself, but somewhere deep inside, still can love his family.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Julia is married to an older, upstanding, deeply Catholic and closeted man named Michael, who is bedridden with rheumatism.
—Mary Marge Locker, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Complicating the humor is the reality that at the center of this fiasco lies Olmo’s bedridden father, Nestor (Gustavo Sánchez Parra), disabled by illness (multiple sclerosis, it’s revealed late in the movie).
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Parra is excellent in his bedridden role as a man who can no longer help himself, but somewhere deep inside, still can love his family.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Julia is married to an older, upstanding, deeply Catholic and closeted man named Michael, who is bedridden with rheumatism.
—Mary Marge Locker, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
Adjective
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The water was a blur of teal fringed with rusty shadows, darkening, about twenty feet below, to a sickly emerald.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Larry Shapiro, Calgary, Alberta Hamas has no conscience Seeing the sickly, gaunt faces of the three Israeli hostages released by Hamas in Gaza on Feb. 8 presented a clear picture of the loathing and deep hostility their abductors felt for them.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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While with the Rams, Staley helped transform an ailing defense the year prior — 17th in points allowed and 13th total yards allowed per game — into a force worth being recognized and respected, finishing first in both PPG and total yards allowed.—
Dianna Russini,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Running the ad would have risked placing the paper — whose ailing finances were exacerbated in October when 250,000 Post readers canceled their subscriptions following Bezos’ decision to block the paper’s endorsement for Kamala Harris — directly in the administration’s crosshairs.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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No clear alternative exists in most legal documents when the frail or impaired aging parent refuses to resign and allow the competent adult child to take over, either financial decisions, healthcare decisions or both.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Last week, three male Israeli hostages who were released were frail and gaunt — appearing to be in worse condition than previous hostages Hamas released.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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Yoon’s lawyers have also repeatedly argued that his arrest was politically motivated and that the warrant was invalid because of flaws in the way the investigation was conducted.—
Mike Valerio,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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The website collects your personal information and then asks you for payment methods, telling you that each one you input is invalid.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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However, there is no formal provision in canon law for an incapacitated pope, and there are no current signs that Francis is unable to govern.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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