road to recovery

noun phrase

: the process of becoming healthy again

She had a stroke recently but is on the road to recovery.

Examples of road to recovery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Intel’s on a long, long road to recovery, and over 15,000 workers will no longer be coming along for the ride. —

Sean Hollister, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2024 Rushdie underwent a series of surgeries and was placed on a ventilator during his difficult road to recovery. —

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024 Even though the lifeguard has a long road to recovery, Bounagui was able to save the child in the pool after swimming out to get him. —

Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024 About six weeks after the fire, 100 new little leaves sprouted, but Griffith knew the road to recovery would be long. —

N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for road to recovery

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