Sentence examples for be ailing from inspiring English sources

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be ailing

verb

To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

  • Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.

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First rumours that Newman might be ailing surfaced last January.

Than Shwe is now 76 and may be ailing.

Film culture may or may not be ailing, but the business of show goes on.

But Mr Tantawi, now 78 years old, is believed to be ailing and soon to retire.

Bonds is said to be ailing with a sprained right big toe.

But far more seems to be ailing the Rangers, who scored only once on 35 shots.

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"The culture was ailing.

BAE is ailing.

"All its organs are ailing".

The infant Hercules is ailing.

By 2008, it was ailing.

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