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.
  • Lee addressed the litany of ailments with his big men.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Acne isn't just a teenage ailment—most men deal with it at some point.
    — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
  • An undisclosed ailment then kept him off the field for most of this spring, too.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Purdy has been dealing with a toe ailment over the last few weeks.
    — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The doctor who treats him soon succumbs to the same ailment and dies.
    — Jeanne Jakle, ExpressNews.com, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Shanahan also said the toe was the worse of the two ailments.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This ailment is expected to keep him shelved for at least a month.
    — Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Much like a hangover, there is no precise cure for this ailment.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2020
  • So what exactly does the ramp-up process look like for such an ailment?
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Michael King missed most of last year due to shoulder and knee ailments.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The ankle/foot ailment caused his season to be cut short.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026
  • And over the next few weeks, Parsons would deal with the ailment on and off.
    — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • The shots — or, sometimes, the lack of shots — are a symptom, not the ailment.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • People are living longer with more ailments.
    — Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
  • People are living longer with more ailments.
    — Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
  • But caring for those ailments until a dog is adopted comes with a cost.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Reed appeared on the injury report last week with a back ailment.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The most severe of those ailments seems to have been kidney disease.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • For one, Grayson Grove has a shoulder ailment.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Aldridge played in five games for the Nets before a heart ailment sidelined him.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Oct. 2021
  • In several cases, chimps with ailments went out of their way to look for these plants.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Reid has been hampered over the past month with shoulder and ankle ailments.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Thiero will miss the start of the season because of left knee ailments that stemmed from college.
    — Khobi Price, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
  • James is nursing a shoulder ailment.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026

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