sickbed
Americannoun
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sickbeds
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sickbed
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at sick 1, bed
Example Sentences
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When the boy’s not looking, Jamie’s shoulders sag as he trudges up the stairs to Isla’s sickbed, showing us a hint of adult complexities he alone understands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
The actor was filming an episode of the final season of “The Crown” in which her character, Princess Margaret, is visited at her sickbed by her older sister Elizabeth, played by Imelda Staunton.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
In January 1945 he was moved again to a so-called sickbed at a camp near Vaihingen, a little further south.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2023
And then I woke up, in my sickbed.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
After dinner he ordered Don Hume back to his sickbed.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun on Friday said the national government will concentrate its support to the region to ease a shortage in sickbeds, medical personnel and equipment.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2020
In Detroit, two fliers arose from sickbeds to join in the rescue: Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gosden and Correll have broadcast twice from sickbeds, once from a booth at the Chicago Stadium when they were attending a prizefight.
From Time Magazine Archive
By horse & buggy he got around to miners' huts and farmers' sickbeds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just then I moved breathlessly in a horrid round of sickbeds, for the wave had reached its height; already it had swept seventeen of my flock out of time into eternity.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler
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