How to Use ailment in a Sentence

ailment

noun
  • The doctor treated him for a variety of ailments.
  • She suffered from a chronic back ailment.
  • And over the next few weeks, Parsons would deal with the ailment on and off.
    Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The cause was a heart ailment, said a daughter, Tiana Wertheim.
    Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The cause was a heart ailment, said her daughter, Jane Swigert.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • His son Matthew Arkin said that Mr. Arkin, who had heart ailments, died at home.
    Peter Keepnews, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • The time takes its toll, and the number of 'ailments' increases.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Acne isn't just a teenage ailment—most men deal with it at some point.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Aldridge played in five games for the Nets before a heart ailment sidelined him.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The most severe of those ailments seems to have been kidney disease.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • The ailment that landed him on the PUP list on July 23 hasn’t been disclosed.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 28 July 2024
  • So what exactly does the ramp-up process look like for such an ailment?
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Cooper left the game with a hamstring problem in the first half, but the ailment didn’t keep him sidelined.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Williams tried to play with a shoulder injury but left the game early because of the ailment.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Red Sanders died of a heart ailment after beating the Trojans.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Stevens cited the effects of a left glute ailment that has bothered her for two weeks.
    Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
  • John Flaherty, his former chief of staff, said the cause was a heart ailment.
    New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • Symptoms can range from dizziness to a rapid pulse depending on the ailment, the guide notes.
    The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • In other words, it has not been proven that tea can cure or heal any disease or ailment.
    Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Naturally, there’s more to the daughter’s ailment — and the mother — than meets the eye.
    Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This could offer a potential treatment for the ailment down the line, though that's not an end-all-be-all cure.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The central ailment of Beethoven’s life was his hearing loss, which began in his mid-20s.
    Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Reed appeared on the injury report last week with a back ailment.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But what many miss out on is the Big Bend Hot Spring, full of mineral salts to help soothe tired muscles and heal ailments.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But these kinds of ailments are just one consequence of training for what will be her fourth Olympics.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • For most of history, humans didn’t live long enough to confront the ailments of old age.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Garcia may join him in the infirmary with his knee ailment.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Why didn’t the AI that was doing the intake pre-screening able to assess that the patient might have this rare ailment?
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Stomach pain or tummy troubles are among the most common ailments that affect children and adults alike.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The Pentagon is using the funding to study arthritis, cancer and chronic fatigue — all ailments that affect women in the military.
    Eva Pound, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024

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