convalesce
verb (used without object)
to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
convalesced
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past participleof convalesce.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof convalesce.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
convalesceverb (used without object)to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
Example Sentences
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Cinderella underwent a successful operation at VCA Lakewood Hospital and convalesced at a volunteer’s home for a month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Lincoln helped run the government for months while Garfield convalesced, and though it initially seemed like the president would recover, his wounds became infected, and he died on Sept. 19, 1881.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2021
Two weeks later, Dole was back in the Senate as mourners passed by the casket of Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, whom Dole had befriended decades earlier as the men convalesced from their war injuries.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
She decided, too, that it would be good to perform as she convalesced, even when her stamina was low.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2015
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
