How to use "ailing" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "ailing" in popular movie and book plots

  • James travels to Scotland to meet with his Aunt Charmian who is visiting Bond's ailing uncle, Max, who is dying of cancer.  - SilverFin
  • They pull off many "scams" to earn money and Peekay joins the school's ailing boxing team.  - The Power of One (novel)
  • Buffy decides to leave on-campus accommodation and move back to the Summers house to be closer to her ailing mother.  - Family (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • They reside with Hank's ailing father, Buck (Peter Boyle), a bigoted retired corrections officer whose wife committed suicide.  - Monster's Ball
  • In 1983, ailing millionaire Cochran Darrow has discovered the gates and found that they make time travel possible.  - The Anubis Gates
  • The Rimpoche then, aided by an ailing old monk, restores Ashokan's eyesight.  - Yodha (1992 film)
  • His ailing grandfather, King Edward VII, loves him for his frankness.  - The Lost Prince
  • The ailing and exhausted Fox admits his own defeated position, trusting him with editorial power for a few hours.  - The Inheritors (Conrad and Ford novel)
  • In the epilogue, Ashley goes to visit the ailing Duke Bardorba in his manor, although once they were alone, it was Sydney who was in the room.  - Vagrant Story
  • On a visit to comfort his ailing mother in hospital, she tells him that it’s time he matured.  - Amarcord
  • In this novel, the characters of Plantagenet Palliser, his wife Lady Glencora and their uncle the ailing Duke of Omnium are in the background.  - The Eustace Diamonds
  • Eva goes to the grave of her departed son, and her husband ineffectively tries to soothe her ailing sister.  - Autumn Sonata
  • Along the way, he befriends another unnamed immigrant (Purviance) who is traveling to America with her ailing mother.  - The Immigrant (1917 film)
  • Bryant helps nurse the ailing Reed, who eventually dies.  - Reds (film)
  • The Baron joins Kringelein and Flaemmchen at the hotel bar, and she cajoles the ailing man into dancing with her.  - Grand Hotel (1932 film)
  • Celie's ailing mother dies after cursing Celie on her deathbed.  - The Color Purple

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