sickly child
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
a child who is often ill or in poor health
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Examples (10)
- The sickly child needed constant medical attention.
- Her sickly child rarely had the energy to play outside.
- He grew up a sickly child, often confined to bed.
- The doctor was concerned about the sickly child's slow recovery.
- Despite being a sickly child, he developed a strong will to live.
- The nurse was dedicated to caring for the sickly child.
- Many believed the sickly child would not survive the winter.
- The sickly child was pale and underweight.
- She remembered her own childhood as a sickly child.
- The family made sacrifices to ensure the sickly child received the best care.