How to Use ail in a Sentence

ail

verb
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  • But, in some parts of the world, the long form of the game is ailing.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • What ails the health of the richest nation in the world?
    — Madhukar Pai, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • At the end of the trailer, an ailing Deadpool lies on the ground and asks for help.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Oh, the mom of the boy with the ailing pink kite, smiled as Deale fastened a red tail to her son’s kite.
    — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The Cherubs The flashiest of the Angels’ rookies have been on the injured list or ailing in some way.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Since his death, questions have swirled around what ailed Beethoven and his true cause of death.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Her ailing mother wanted to move south for the blue skies.
    — Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
  • Market forces were thought to be the cure for whatever might ail people and the planet.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Adding Udoka isn't anything close to a panacea for the woes ailing the Rockets.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 25 Apr. 2023
  • There is a single pump, that looks rusted and ailing, with water spitting out of it to the ground.
    — Sara Sidner, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Aging research doesn’t tend to be about finding the one cure that fixes all that may ail you in old age.
    — Ellen Quarles, Fortune Well, 7 July 2023
  • Strolls in the garden are good for the soul and for spotting diseases, pest invasions and ailing plants.
    — Dan Vierria, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • If the virus spreads in the U.S., Ohio could be a hot spot because of its aging and ailing population.
    — Cincinnati.com, 8 Mar. 2020
  • His assessment of what ails the Times will leave third-degree burns.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
  • And there’s an ailing parent in the book, and my mother passed of cancer in 2016, after two years of struggling.
    — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • To me, this meant leaving no stone unturned in the effort to understand and cure what ailed each of my patients.
    — Thomas Grogan, STAT, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The reverse stock split is a bid to boost WeWork’s ailing stock price and save its shares from getting delisted.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Moritz had hired a nurse to help care for his ailing mother and sought to deduct a portion of the expenses from his taxes.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • There is no easy cure for what ails the U.S. financial system.
    — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But job cuts also won’t cure what ails the global bank by themselves.
    — WSJ, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Soon after, Wu left the industry to care for her ailing mother in San Jose.
    — Robert Ito, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020
  • For now, Bergeron’s teammates have no choice but to wait for their ailing leader.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Nor is there cross-party agreement on what ails the system.
    — Dan Balz and Clara Ence Morse, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • For Hawn, the Academy Awards double as a metaphor for what ails society.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
  • These were not ailing kittens or tiny humans, but shoes.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
  • When Albert brings the ailing Shug into their home, Celie cares for her tenderly and the two become friends.
    — Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Jackson's ankle didn't appear to ail him at all during the second half.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2021
  • France's journey to the ailing Astros' rotation is a long and winding one.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 24 May 2023
  • The firm had hoped to use some of the proceeds from that deal to boost ailing units, although worsening finances are gnawing at the lifeline.
    — William Wilkes, Bloomberg.com, 19 May 2020
  • For nearly two months, the 26-year-old waitress had been at home, hoping to avoid spreading the virus to her ailing grandmother.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 13 May 2020

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