Example Sentences

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Haunted by some of the same minor injuries that interrupted his college career, McConkey has nursed a hip injury for the last three weeks as the Chargers have struggled to keep their receiver room intact.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

Ms. Poynter left her job at a call center when she brought him home from the hospital and has nursed him ever since rather than relying on aides or institutions.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024

It’s the newest patient at her apartment in a toney section of Mexico City where she has nursed hundreds of the tiny birds back to health over the past decade.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023

The man revealed on television that he has nursed a 25-year grudge against a MONKEY.

From Slate • May 27, 2021

He deviates so far from his rule as to fall in love with a Southern girl, whose nearest relative he has nursed through his last illness.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham