ill in a sentence

ill meaning:

a.) Contrary to good, in a physical sense or moral sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.;

a.) Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.

n.) Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain;

ill sentence:

He is ill.

He seems to be ill.

When did he fall ill?

He must have been ill.

Don’t speak ill of others.

My mother is seriously ill.

He has been ill in bed for four days.

She is still critically ill in hospital.

They often heard him speak ill of others.

He is seriously ill and unlikely to recover.

As a consequence of overwork, he became ill.

Mr.Jones is very ill and needs an operation.

The girl whose mother is ill is absent today.

When I was ill I completely lost my appetite.

It’s small of you to speak ill of your friends.

She died after she had been ill for a long time.

He was compelled to resign on account of ill health.

The study shows the close relation between poverty and ill health.

The new working hours aroused a lot of ill feeling at the factory.

She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.

What with overwork and what with little sleep at night, he fell ill.

On account of ill health the writer couldn’t go through with the work.

Class had to be dismissed a half hour early because the teacher became ill.

Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.

When people came out of the factory in the evening, their faces looked white and ill.

My grandma is chronically ill with a number of problems typically associated with the elderly.

Jack Kevorkian is a doctor who helps terminally-ill people commit suicide if they so desire.

What if you make yourself ill?

An unbalanced diet leads to all kinds of sicknesses.

Howard’s wife has been ill recently, so I don’t think they’ll be able to come to the party.

This morning I got a telegram from home saying that my father had been suddenly taken ill.

Jackie was violently ill after eating a salad containing raw mushrooms that weren’t fresh.

It is a real time of crisis for our family since my dad lost his job, and my mom fell ill.

He felt ill after eating some mushrooms that had been sitting in the fridge for too long.

When people came out of the factory in the evening, their faces looked white and ill.

Jackie was very ill after eating a salad containing raw mushrooms that weren’t fresh.

A passenger had to take over the controls of the airplane after both pilots fell ill.

Jennifer, I am assigning you to head our Dallas bureau while John Henderson is ill.

Such men as praise you to your face are apt to speak ill of you behind your back.

Henry had to fly the passenger jet virtually alone after the co-pilot became ill.

She became violently ill after eating a hamburger which was not properly cooked.

A senior official in the government has denied rumors that the President is ill.



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