convalesce
verb (used without object)
to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
convalescing
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present participleof convalesce.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Robert Dickman, for one, was convalescing at a hospital in Queens.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Pope was breathing on his own, without oxygen tubes, despite being told by his doctors to spend two months convalescing after 38 days in hospital with double pneumonia.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
Pink needed two surgeries and almost two months of recovery at the same aviary where Blue is convalescing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
Artist Yuri Annenkov, summoned to do his portrait at the dacha where he was convalescing, said he had “the helpless, twisted, infantile smile of a man who had fallen into childhood.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
I rearranged the house where I was going to put each one while they were convalescing.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
