convalesced
- past participle of convalesce.
- past tense form of convalesce.
Example Sentences
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Their parents and grandparents convalesced there and sometimes died there, cared for by nurses who were part of the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
The rooftops drew tenants outside with covered porches and reclining seats, on which tuberculosis patients convalesced.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
He painted it at the Saint-Paul asylum in southern France, where he convalesced.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2020
From time to time, Bonnie said, veterans who convalesced at the annex, or nurses who worked there, stop by.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2018
For five years now she had convalesced in confinement, but she still had not healed.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
