sickbed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sickbed
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; 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
On 1 December 1945, the victims’ funeral took place at Wasserhorst cemetery in Blockland – without my grandfather, who couldn’t leave his sickbed.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2020
He had planned it all perfectly, for his wife was asleep and would never know that he had lied to her as she lay on her sickbed in the poor ward of the county hospital.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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