Example sentences for: ill

How can you use “ill” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Journal says that ill feeling towards the president among pols is "pervasive."

  • McCue, in a 1995 JAMA article, describes medicine as a "culture of action" - it is better to do something (more tests, another medication) than to do nothing, even if the action is known to have no benefit [ 18 ] . In one study, almost half (47%) of physicians and nurses surveyed reported acting contrary to conscience in providing care to the terminally ill, with four times as many providing overly burdensome treatment than undertreatment [ 19 ] . The propensity to refer to "everything", even in cases with specific known goals, might inadvertently promote futile attempts to prolong life and deflect attention away from patients' pain and suffering.

  • In the Gulf state of Bahrain, the daily al-Ayyam said that Ocalan's abduction boded ill for Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted man.

  • At his news conference the next day, President Clinton had an opportunity to define that signal for good or ill.

  • Levin and coworkers [ 9 ] also reported a high incidence of nephrotoxicity (37%), especially in patients who already had compromised renal function [ 9 ] . Because most of the patients in both studies were seriously ill, it is highly probable that at least part of the reported toxicity was the result not of the drug but of the disease.


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