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to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to: Inside our own bodies lies the most powerful cure for what ails us—our immune systems.He thinks lowering taxes is the answer to all that ails our economy.
to be unwell; feel pain; be ill: He's been ailing for some time.
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How to use ail in a sentence
Accordingly, much the same way that the shareholders may not easily get to know all that is ailing a publicly traded company, we also, by default, know very little about exactly what each atom or molecule on the planet is doing.
Why Physics Can’t Tell Us What Life Is - Issue 92: Frontiers | Jeremy England | October 21, 2020 | NautilusA former colleague described how Redfield, a devout Catholic, prayed with the ailing Elijah Cummings, a Democratic congressman from Baltimore, during a visit to the Capitol.
Inside the Fall of the CDC | by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg | October 15, 2020 | ProPublicaTo a crowd that included Mary Hamblet and her ailing mother, Grammie, Mabelle served baked shad and jellied salad, apple crisp, and the homemade graham bread — molasses-sweet and impossibly light — that was famous among her friends.
To Find Hope in American Cooking, James Beard Looked to the West Coast | John Birdsall | October 2, 2020 | EaterBecause he was placed on the list, Tanvir also claims that he was unable to fly to see his ailing mother in Pakistan and that he had to quit a job as a long-haul trucker because he could no longer fly home to New York after a one-way delivery.
7 big cases the Supreme Court will hear in its new term, explained | Ian Millhiser | October 1, 2020 | VoxThe Postal Service responded to OSHA that it traces contacts of all employees who test positive and encourages ailing employees to stay home.
Poorly Protected Postal Workers Are Catching COVID-19 by the Thousands. It’s One More Threat to Voting by Mail. | by Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy | September 18, 2020 | ProPublica
To love India's culture does not mean you must accept the widespread problems that still ail the country: quite the contrary.
In thought and sound these verses express ail the frightful horror of this desolation.
mile Verhaeren | Stefan ZweigAsk them what they ail, or who brought them in this stay, They answer not at all, but "alack!"
Gammer Gurton's Needle | Mr. S. Mr. of ArtSighing and sobbing, they weep and they wail; I marvel in my mind what the devil they ail.
Gammer Gurton's Needle | Mr. S. Mr. of ArtBut Rhodes was expecting too much, considering ail the circumstances.
Cecil Rhodes | Princess Catherine RadziwillAnd if you can now be present on ail such occasions, what will you do when you are dead?
British Dictionary definitions for ail
/ (eɪl) /
(tr) to trouble; afflict
(intr) to feel unwell
Origin of ail
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