AIL in a Sentence
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27 example sentences for AIL, such as:
1. I declare, I don't know what ails you all tonight.
2. The ailing old woman says noise always puts her out.
3. You gave me something to eat, now tell me what ails you.
4. She did her share of the work uncomplainingly but she was always ailing.
5. His country desperately needs Western aid to restore its ailing economy.
2. The ailing old woman says noise always puts her out.
3. You gave me something to eat, now tell me what ails you.
4. She did her share of the work uncomplainingly but she was always ailing.
5. His country desperately needs Western aid to restore its ailing economy.
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Meanings and Examples of AIL
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v. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
n. aromatic bulb used as seasoning
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 But let anything ail them so that you have to do for them, and they're babies, just big babies.
2 Nothing really ails them," he said, "but they are so thin and weak.
3 I declare, I don't know what ails you all tonight.
4 However, I know nothing at all about my disease, and do not know for certain what ails me.
5 You gave me something to eat, now tell me what ails you.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS
6 She did her share of the work uncomplainingly but she was always ailing.
7 Of course, Frank was making a little more money now, but Frank was always ailing with colds and frequently forced to stay in bed for days.
8 Your high-spiced wines are not better liked than a red-skin relishes this water; especially when his natur is ailing.
9 He was christened Linton, and, from the first, she reported him to be an ailing, peevish creature.
10 He had been greatly tried, during the journey, I felt convinced, by his fretful ailing charge.
11 Moreover, the boy had been ailing again; and Susan now, as ever since the night when he had been pressed into Eustacia's service at the bonfire, attributed his indispositions to Eustacia's influence as a witch.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 2 A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 2 A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
12 This was Susan herself, occupied in preparing a posset for her little boy, who, often ailing, was now seriously unwell.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
13 Of whatever nature this dream may be, the history of this night would be incomplete if we were to omit it: it is the gloomy adventure of an ailing soul.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
14 Her ailing brain comprehended nothing, but the only thing which she did not doubt was that he had come to get her.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS
15 When something fresh in this line came out she was in a fever, right away, to try it; not on herself, for she was never ailing, but on anybody else that came handy.
Example Sentence:
1 A full-scale debate is under way on what ails the industry.
2 His country desperately needs Western aid to restore its ailing economy.
3 Huge sums of private capital will be ploughed into the ailing industries of the east.
4 The new management team turned the ailing company around in under six months.
5 The ailing old woman says noise always puts her out.
6 Even the inevitable strains of caring for an ailing mother did not disturb Bea's equanimity.