ails

[US]/eɪl/
[UK]/eɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. trouble or afflict
vi. to be in poor health
n. sickness or distress

Phrases & Collocations

ailment

ailing health

ailment remedies

ailment symptoms

Example Sentences

cure an ailing economy;

The poor is ailing from inflation.

exercise is good for whatever ails one.

I went to see my ailing mother.

measures to resuscitate the ailing Japanese economy.

tax relief to help shore up the ailing airline industry.

Mary has been ailing for a week.

What ails him, (I) trow?

asked him what's ailing him;

She’s been ailing for some time.

Measles ails the little girl.

He will not concede what anything ails his business.

An already ailing economy precipitated into ruin despite foreign intervention.

"What should ail me, to harm this misbegotten and miserable babe?

Never in his life had Robin ailed before.

Body congesting, exophthalmos, abdomen intumescence, the ailing fish will die in 2~3days.

Maximus Decimus Meridius era um general do exército roman, e um amigo próximo do ailing , .

"Feeling" and "Loving" With Grayness and Chilliness——Ambisextrous World in Zhang Ailing's Novel

Santeria High Priest prepares a rooster for sacrifice in a ceremony for the recovery of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

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