How to Use convalesce in a Sentence

convalesce

verb
Definition of convalescenext
Synonyms for convalescenext
  • He is convalescing from his leg injuries.
  • But the king spends much of his time convalescing abroad.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Then to nurse, to convalesce, to talk, to listen, to seek meaning.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Still convalescing from knee surgery, Elliott watched the draft lottery from his bed at home.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2018
  • If your symptoms are mild, convalescing at home is fine.
    — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The warm, dry air of the valley seemed to Briggs to provide the perfect climate in which sufferers of lung diseases could convalesce.
    — Scott Garner, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • From time to time, Bonnie said, veterans who convalesced at the annex, or nurses who worked there, stop by.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • He was forced to spend months convalescing alone in a remote shepherd’s cabin.
    — Javier Pierini, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • He was forced to spend months convalescing alone in a remote shepherd’s cabin.
    — Javier Pierini, Smithsonian, 29 May 2017
  • But luckier — and, often, healthier — are the sick who can convalesce with kin at their side.
    — Sushrut Jangi, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2018
  • Three weeks Renae spent in the hospital, and three more convalescing at her parents’ home.
    — Eric Adler, kansascity.com, 1 June 2017
  • After leaving the hospital, Otter convalesced at home and worked from there for two weeks.
    — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Pellegrin had to spend two more days in the hospital, and as of Monday morning, was convalescing at home.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 26 June 2017
  • The promotion felt temporary, a way to give the club more coverage in the outfield while Carroll convalesced.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
  • At Longshaw Lodge in Derbyshire, England, the nurses who tended convalescing soldiers trooped out to the damp grounds to collect moss for their wounds.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The rich with mild cases can convalesce at expensive hotels.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2021
  • My husband was barely holding it all together, running the new business, trying to keep up with the bills, and catering to a convalescing wife.
    — Aileen Weintraub, Glamour, 11 May 2018
  • Whatever the case, a fairly abrupt plot turn sends Roderick off on his tour while Charlotte remains behind to convalesce in Mary’s care.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Most days, the back room of the Animal Endocrine Clinic in Manhattan is home to half a dozen cats convalescing in feline luxury.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 16 May 2017
  • Their mother, the seventy-six-year-old Susan Hailey, had lived at the home since November, convalescing from knee surgery.
    — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The volunteer pilots of Turtles Fly Too will bring convalescing turtles to care facilities across the country, where they may be nursed back to health.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 2 July 2023
  • The combination of my early morning wake-ups and my proclivity to squeeze every last droplet of the Provencal light meant our daytimes were so full that an evening spent convalescing at home was the dream.
    — Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2023
  • The patient, after two weeks of convalescing at the hospital returned home, lighter, healthier and more mobile.
    — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 4 May 2018
  • On doctor's orders, the deep-pocketed Ambrose has decided to leave damp England behind and decamp for Italy to convalesce.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 8 June 2017
  • Carlson was convalescing from wounds received during the Saipan campaign.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Youth soccer team members rescued more than two weeks after sudden flooding trapped them in a cave complex in Thailand are now convalescing at a hospital in the northern city of Chiang Rai.
    — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 10 July 2018
  • Awkward Questions While Juncker, who’s been convalescing following surgery to treat an aneurysm, isn’t on trial, the case will revisit awkward questions.
    — Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Even those sympathetic to the senator, who smell more than a whiff of ageism and misogyny in calls for her resignation, suggest Feinstein cannot and should not attempt to serve out her term convalescing in San Francisco.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Prosecutors trying Ortega for the murders of 2-year-old Leo and 6-year-old Lucia Krim insist that the nanny concocted her insanity defense while convalescing in the weeks after the crime.
    — Maureen O'Connor, The Cut, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The rooftops drew tenants outside with covered porches and reclining seats, on which tuberculosis patients convalesced.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 17 June 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'convalesce.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: