laid up
Also, sick in bed. Ill and confined to bed, as in I was laid up for a week with the flu, or Sally can't come outside; she's sick in bed. [Mid-1500s]
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How to use laid up in a sentence
I wish we were at home, and I was comfortably laid up in our damp garret, with a fine twinging fit of the rheumatism.
The Battle of Hexham; | George ColmanAnd because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousI am laid up with a very painful fit of the gout in both my feet.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonI feel it more or less myself, and I understand that two or three of the big party are fairly laid up with it.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonWe laid up for the day on a towhead tolerable close to the left-hand bank.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
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