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
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
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
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
