- present participle of nurse.
nursing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mihai is the IT director for his children’s new school; Lisbet is a nurse who works at a nursing home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
She provides palliative nursing care to patients in their homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The hit man’s quest to track down nursing mothers lends “Your Mother” a peculiar but propulsive forward momentum while neatly indicting the macho stereotypes that usually accompany such action movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“These rates are often higher in long-term-care facilities such as nursing homes, despite government regulations aimed toward addressing this issue,” the researchers wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
“We’ll go by the First Baptist Church and help with the food drive, and then we can stop in on a quilting circle at the nursing home. Oh, they’ll get a kick out of you.”
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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