How to Use terminally ill in a Sentence
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The story follows a terminally ill father who sets out to find the ideal home life for his son to live.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
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Chaichi said the tour made a strong case for an early release process for terminally ill inmates.
—oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
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Mark MacDonald is on a mission to buy more time for his terminally ill wife.
—oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
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Bluestein said the amendment means that other terminally ill people in the Northeast can take advantage of the law.
—Theara Coleman, The Week, 3 May 2023
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Bluestein said the amendment means that other terminally ill people in the Northeast can take advantage of the law.
—Theara Coleman, The Week, 3 May 2023
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In the series, it was explained that the character was terminally ill and decided to die in a blaze of glory.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
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Enlarge / Eight terminally ill teens in hospice cope with their fate by telling scary stories in The Midnight Club.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2022
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Only to learn that Richard's father, Lord Brightlingsea, is terminally ill.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
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More from Carolyn Hax From the archive: An abusive ex is terminally ill.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
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Rigney stars as Kevin, one of the terminally ill teen residents of Brightcliffe Hospice.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2022
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The relentless acts of retaliation could be explained away by the twin tragedies at the centre of the story: the rape and murder of a teenage girl, the suicide of a terminally ill cop.
—Hazlitt, 17 May 2023
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Flanagan is also behind Midnight Club, based on the young adult book by Christopher Pike, about a group of terminally ill teens who make a secret pact.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
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Gere and Schrader have spent months working on makeup and lighting that will inform how the audience will view the terminally ill Fife.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 May 2024
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Just a few weeks after Alex Santos married the love of his life in his hospital room, the 25-year-old terminally ill cancer patient has died.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
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Her best friend’s terminally ill husband is about to be admitted to the same hospital where a friend of theirs was recently killed: bashed in the head with a heavy vase while resting in his room.
—Tom Nolan, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
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In 2007, the Today show reported after the fact that Reubens had taken a two years away from the spotlight and relocated to Florida to care of his terminally ill dad.
—Stephanie Webber, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
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The title essay concerns the journey toward death of her terminally ill friend, Sooki.
—Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
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One woman who knows that pain has begun helping others in a very special way: taking photos of terminally ill pets.
—Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2022
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Katie’s terminally ill father has died—physically—but his brain is making mischief on the web.
—WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
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Rask’s grandfather, Jon Ireland, was terminally ill and was being put on life support.
—Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
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Rask’s grandfather, Jon Ireland, was terminally ill and was being put on life support.
—Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
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Reporters found that, contrary to his assertions, most of the patients Kevorkian assisted had not been terminally ill, and fewer than half had complained of chronic pain.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
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The two are heading to a birthday party for her terminally ill father Tona (Mateo García Elizondo), one which will likely be his last.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2024
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The practice is often used by the elderly or the terminally ill, but is certainly not limited to those groups—everyone can benefit from a less messy home.
—Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2023
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Medicare typically covers hospice care for those who are terminally ill, with a life expectancy of six months or less.
—Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2023
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Timoner has launched an impact campaign to try to bring this right to millions of other terminally ill people.
—Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
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Hospice is defined as care for terminally ill patients when the priority is not to provide further treatment but to reduce pain and discomfort toward the end of life.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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Her character, Zora, tries, at first, to pretend that everything is normal and her terminally ill daughter will somehow be OK.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
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Dee Dee, who had convinced people in her life that her daughter was terminally ill, is said to have subjected Gypsy to painful medical treatments that were never needed.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
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In Arizona, five cases were filed in federal court — including a $900 million scam that targeted elderly and terminally ill patients.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
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