ILL in a Sentence
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387 example sentences for ILL, such as:
1. Things rashly taken end as ill.
2. But Mother was ill, perhaps dying.
3. I'm going to be ill, moaned Pittypat.
4. Such knowledge sat ill upon a bachelor.
5. He who has done ill once will do it again.
2. But Mother was ill, perhaps dying.
3. I'm going to be ill, moaned Pittypat.
4. Such knowledge sat ill upon a bachelor.
5. He who has done ill once will do it again.
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Meanings and Examples of ILL
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ill
a. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
a. resulting in suffering or adversity
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 But Stuart felt guilty and ill at ease with her.
2 And should a gentleman be so ill bred as to indicate an interest in her, she must freeze him with a dignified but well-chosen reference to her dead husband.
3 I'm going to be ill, moaned Pittypat.
4 Pittypat was ill and in her bed when Gerald arrived the next afternoon.
5 Men were so easily stirred when they had been ill.
6 I won't be rude to him because of what he said, because-- It was rude of him to say it out loud--most ill advised--but it's--it's what Ashley thinks.
7 If ever, ever he should be so ill bred as to try to take any liberties with her, she would show him.
8 He wrote for three pages about the gallantry of the troops and then, at the end of his letter, mentioned briefly that Carreen was ill.
9 She was not very ill and Scarlett was not to worry about her, but on no condition must she come home now, even if the railroad should become safe.
10 Such knowledge sat ill upon a bachelor.
11 They are very ill but we must hope for the best.
12 Ellen was ill, perhaps dying, and here was Scarlett helpless in Atlanta with a pregnant woman on her hands and two armies between her and home.
13 But Mother was ill, perhaps dying.
14 She ordered the calf killed, because he drank so much of the precious milk, and that night everyone ate so much fresh veal all of them were ill.
15 And to make matters worse, Wade was ill with a sore throat and a raging fever and there was neither doctor nor medicine for him.
Example Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
1 I hope my teacher will take into account the fact that I was ill just before the exams when she marks my paper.
2 A quarter of all workers admit to taking time off when they are not ill.
3 He who has done ill once will do it again.
4 The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between.
5 Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.
6 By tacit agreement , Clark's friends all avoided any mention of his mentally ill wife.
7 It is better to be alone than in ill company.
8 He keeps at his studies although he is ill.
9 When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage.
10 Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck.
11 It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.
12 It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
13 Things rashly taken end as ill.
14 It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill.
15 She was made her father's attorney when he became ill.