How to Use ailment in a Sentence

ailment

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  • The doctor treated him for a variety of ailments.
  • She suffered from a chronic back ailment.
  • So what exactly does the ramp-up process look like for such an ailment?
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Stevens cited the effects of a left glute ailment that has bothered her for two weeks.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
  • This has raised concerns that someone with a serious ailment could fall through the cracks.
    — Fortune, 11 Jan. 2022
  • These signals can also tell us how healthy the people are, whether certain diseases afflict them, and how far the ailment has advanced.
    — Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • In the midst of a new pandemic surge, another seemingly new ailment is now grabbing headlines: flurona.
    — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2022
  • And the buñuelo [a pastry as prepared by Julieta, whose food heals any ailment] which is also from another culture.
    — Jordan Salama, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Thus begins their family’s continuing quest to name Tophs’ ailment.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Into the 20th century they were still commonly used to treat a range of ailments from respiratory conditions to arthritis.
    — Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Mitsuki Ono of Japan was second in qualifying a day after appearing to be bothered by a hip ailment in training and in some discomfort.
    — Eddie Pells, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Other possible ailments that could have killed him include tuberculosis, epilepsy, diabetes and rabies.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
  • There were plenty of momentum-shifting moments, including Nadal needing attention for a stomach ailment in the third and fourth sets after dominating the first two.
    — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The cause was a heart ailment, said a daughter, Tiana Wertheim.
    — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The cause was a heart ailment, said her daughter, Jane Swigert.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • His son Matthew Arkin said that Mr. Arkin, who had heart ailments, died at home.
    — Peter Keepnews, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • The time takes its toll, and the number of 'ailments' increases.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Acne isn't just a teenage ailment—most men deal with it at some point.
    — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The most severe of those ailments seems to have been kidney disease.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • The ailment that landed him on the PUP list on July 23 hasn’t been disclosed.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 28 July 2024
  • Red Sanders died of a heart ailment after beating the Trojans.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • John Flaherty, his former chief of staff, said the cause was a heart ailment.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • Symptoms can range from dizziness to a rapid pulse depending on the ailment, the guide notes.
    — The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • In other words, it has not been proven that tea can cure or heal any disease or ailment.
    — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 1 Nov. 2022
  • This could offer a potential treatment for the ailment down the line, though that's not an end-all-be-all cure.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The central ailment of Beethoven’s life was his hearing loss, which began in his mid-20s.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Reed appeared on the injury report last week with a back ailment.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But what many miss out on is the Big Bend Hot Spring, full of mineral salts to help soothe tired muscles and heal ailments.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But these kinds of ailments are just one consequence of training for what will be her fourth Olympics.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • For most of history, humans didn’t live long enough to confront the ailments of old age.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024

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