convalesce
verb (used without object)
to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
are convalescing
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present progressiveof convalesce.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, where Drueke and Huynh are convalescing, also was credited with facilitating the foreign nationals’ release.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
This is like Minority Report, and the precogs are convalescing in their tanks, shouting: Garfield … Watch out for Garfield … He hates Mondays but loves lasagna …
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2019
For meals he can go to a cafeteria, and for company he has not the seriously ill but people like himself who are convalescing.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you are convalescing from typhoid fever, you are likely to have a ravenous appetite.
From Heart and Soul by Maveric Post by Victor Mapes
Probably nothing is worse for patients who are convalescing from illness or operation than to be left to their own thoughts.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
