Sentence examples for were ailing from inspiring English sources

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were 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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Borough mayors emerged mostly where local councils were ailing.

By the end of the game, both those players were ailing.

Many of the city's restaurants and retail stores were ailing before the World Trade Center disaster.

The funding came at a time when many online delivery companies were ailing.

Various scientists and courtiers since the days of Louis XIV tried infusing those who were ailing with tissue from healthy humans or animals.

They were ailing and disabled: More than two-thirds needed assistance with three or more basic daily activities like bathing, dressing and using the toilet.

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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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