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How To Use ailing In A Sentence

• At the iron railings turn left into the war memorial gardens. Times, Sunday Times
• Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.
• So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
• Failing to detain him could actually amount to abuse. The Sun
• Yea, we see in that wailing infant of a week, the outspringing of an immortal spirit which may soon hover on cherub-pinion around the throne of God, or perhaps, in a few years, sink to the regions of untold anguish. The Christian Home
• There have been a lot of name changes in retailing lately, he noted.
• When they replaced the ten-minute peak-hour ferry services with 20-minute sailings, in 1975, it was chaos.
• A number of people contacted the paper to claim that flu cases were clogging doctors' surgeries and forcing schools to appoint supply teachers in place of ailing staff.
• Trailing edge vibration has been dampened by reinforcement with thin glass fibre rod inserts or mylar overlays, so eliminating excessive noise.
• And this, to my mind, is his distinctive failing as a writer: that he has exalted charm and mannerliness above all else.