| 单词 | ill |
| 例句 | Monet hands the driver some money and gets out of the taxi and opens the glass door and goes over to the reception window and indicates that he is very ill. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At last the lords agreed, though with much ill will, to elect Claudius as king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Pa writes to him, too, bringing up a tragic example in their family: one of Ma’s brothers had fallen for a woman of ill repute, and his life ended disastrously, presumably by his own hand. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Missus Phelan, I’m—I’m here to—” “Hilly, are you ill? You look horrendous,” Mother says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The dear fellow has been ill; that is why he did not write. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The door to Mrs. Caruthers’s room swung open as Ophie approached, the seemingly frail old woman standing on the other side like an ill omen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “We’ve kept this quiet but the Head is ill, perhaps seriously so. He’s scheduled to enter the hospital tomorrow. Tests and things. The outlook isn’t good . . .” Archie waited for Leon to get to the point. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I made broth for Mr. Diamant, who was ill and in his bed, then sat stewing on the windowsill. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I will tell Arthur that I am ill I could say that my wound has not healed yet” He went to find the King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hyperkinetic, aloof, and so socially inept that the interviewers often came away with the impression he was mentally ill. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But now he had to get out of the claustrophobic bedroom before he possibly got ill all over the tablets that covered the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The ferret stood awkwardly, ill at ease, awaiting orders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “What happened to not speaking ill of the dead?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to get the sheriff out so early and rouse ill will when it wasn’t necessary. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A flood of mentally ill people headed to prison for minor offenses and drug crimes or simply for behaviors their communities were unwilling to tolerate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One day, Boo’s mother told him that she was feeling ill and would soon die. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Will you please help our little disappointment carry her things? Her brothers have gotten themselves ill and her parents are dead. I would like all evidence of this fiasco removed as quickly as possible.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He looked at the listless little child in her arms, the unhappy dæmon pressed so close against her neck, her eyes half closed; she looked ill and weak. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Yet someplace in the village, someone was very ill, and Jonas was there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If they had been told to clean themselves and their rooms a deep resentment would have set in and the house would have reeked of ill temper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His ill humor, I figured, was perhaps due to the abscessed tooth that had been causing him pain for the previous two weeks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He comes to Gettysburg a tortured man, too ill to walk. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her only consolation was that at least her parents looked as ill at ease as she felt. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It had been two weeks since she fell ill, and Dr. Morris still refused to let her return to work. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I should have been happy, but instead it made me feel ill at ease. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yet it would be an ill day for us if Craster died. Your unde could tell you of die times Craster's Keep made die difference between life and death for our rangers." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In 1794, Washington had sent Chief Justice John Jay to London to negotiate a realistic bargain that avoided a war with England at a time when the United States was ill prepared to fight one. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We asked for a sign from heaven, and the sign came to cut across the open sea to Euboia, and lose no time putting our ills behind us. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They told of the mighty who had fallen ill: Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Dr. Rush himself. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Those still alive at Ricketts’ were moved to Bush Hill, and other desperately ill people followed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Wang Lung stayed away from her court for many days at a time because her temper was too ill to enjoy. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, while I was ill, he’d had ample chance to avail himself of one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In 1959 several British and French research teams found their independent studies pointing to a common conclusion — that some of humanity’s ills are caused by a disturbance of the normal chromosome number. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Three months after his confession to his brother, Theo falls seriously ill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Southam gave multiple cancer cell injections to each prisoner, and unlike the terminally ill patients, those men fought off the cancer completely. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He became deathly ill and had to beg her forgiveness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Seeing Alby go down like that ... a new kind of pain he’d never felt before filled his insides— an ill, disturbed pain; it felt worse than the physical kind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z "No, sir . . . I mean that he was ill, sir," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never encountered anything so hard, for which I was so ill prepared. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Although he washed immediately, he became acutely ill and died the next day. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It must be very strong to cure someone as ill as Peeta. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Esteban was as madly in love as an adolescent, despite the fact that the movement of the ship made Clara uncontrollably ill and the tight quarters gave her asthma. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I prayed he would fall ill and die a terrible death for lying to me and betraying me and letting them break my body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "An ill thing," Allard declared, though at least he had the sense to keep his voice low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It took courage and it made him feel ill, this unasked- for thing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was Nathaniel’s painting, the flowers he sent to me when Mother was ill. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He just didn’t think he could keep his composure through any more talk of the “godspawn,” be it well meant or ill. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dedication Day was only a month away, and Harry Codman was again ill, incapacitated by the same stomach problem that had struck him during the summer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, but only a few days. He’d been ill himself, you know. In Italy.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You will need to speak to Lord Ashton about that. I am much too ill to make any decisions,” Lady Constance replied, retreating back inside her private parlor. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Once, when he was nine or ten, his father had fallen ill. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the smell of it made her feel ill, and she would take no chances of bringing up the horse heart she had forced herself to eat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I went back to my dormitory, I received word that my mother was ill. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But Helen was ill at present: for some weeks she had been removed from my sight to I knew not what room upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Taking rapid cognition seriously—acknowledging the incredible power, for good and ill, that first impressions play in our lives—requires that we take active steps to manage and control those impressions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There was a nun at the Yambuku Hospital who is known today as Sister M. E. She became gravely ill with I’epidemie, or “the epidemic,” as they had begun to call it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "She made me write that. She was supposed to be ill." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But Anna wept bitterly for Crocodile Guts and then she, too, fell ill and died. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira had lifted it from her mother’s neck when she was ill in order to wash the fevered body, and had placed it on the shelf near the basket of herbs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Ann remarked that she supposed some one must be very ill, as Mr. Bates had been sent for at that time of the evening. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The reckless passion of the heroine, Arabella, for a wicked foreign count is punished by ill fortune when she contracts cholera during an impetuous dash toward a seaside town with her intended. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “What ails you now? Come, do not sulk. The bad humors will make you ill.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It may have been that they were weak people, ill suited for the rigors of emigration, its humiliations and compromises, its competing demands of self-discipline and adventurousness. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Once this controversy was put aside, members of the Free African Society patrolled the streets daily, rounding up the ill and finding shelter for homeless children. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z During the previous winter I had become rather seriously ill with one of those carefully named difficulties which are the whispers of approaching age. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And I think they have a lot of ill feelings toward me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z This I’m sure of now, and the thought makes me ill. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Because of the alien who lay ill, not acting, not caring, in a room in Sassinoth, two governments fell within ten days. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I feel ill at ease with them, as if I am here under false pretences. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When the doctor arrived in the afternoon, I went to tell him that my father was very ill. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I say,” Helmholtz exclaimed solicitously, “you do look ill, John!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And for the children, as long as they weren’t too horribly ill, it was nice to be sick at Down. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I slept too heavy last night. Didn’t notice when she woke. She wandered outside. We need to find her. She could be lost, could have taken ill and fallen.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Mr. Fleming, a classic country lawyer more happily at home with land deeds than ill deeds, opened the cross-examination. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Deacon said the officer has recently been ill with the flu and had been given medication that made him drowsy.’” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly finally asked, for she found that the silence made her even more ill at ease. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It probably misses the point, though, to castigate McCandless for being ill prepared. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Trials of Arabella, If she were not so ill, she would go up now and supervise or help, for it was too much for them, she knew. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He wrote to Harry Codman, who was himself ill with a strange abdominal illness, “I can only conclude now that I am older and more used up than I had supposed.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The tailor he worked for became deathly ill, and word had it that his heirs were planning to claim Jones as bequeathed to them under the tailor’s will and sell him into slavery. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He watched them place all extra baggage, all blankets, all kitbags, and post one lone guard—a frail young man who looked genuinely ill, who sagged against the fence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I would wake up covered with bites and feel ill to my stomach and itchy all over. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “For that I am truly sorry. I would make up the ill I have done all of you.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z When Dottie first grew ill, Mac had struggled to provide the care she needed. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Did you not hear me say that she is ill?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’d say Gaily s a wee bit ill today, too, so we continue without him. Thomas, defend yourself and then we’ll take the vote on what we should do with you.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z The thought of Henry not behaving made Naomi feel ill. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “After all, it’s an ill wind that blows no good.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought she might be ill and went downstairs to check on her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It had eluded capture, and they had not shot it, not knowing whether it was good or ill, and it had vanished down the Silverlode southward. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It is the dark axis of the year, when things done are ill done. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Then another trauma: His beloved older sister Kathleen got very ill, first with cancer and then from the radiation treatment. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” said Harry, “we haven’t seen him since the first task. The Daily Prophet’s saying he’s ill.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The silent sisters prepared men for the grave, and it was ill fortune to look on the face of death. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “He is terribly ill. His fever is so high he has become delirious. There is nothing for it—I will have to go and see Mr. Ages. Timothy must have medicine.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She looked small and ill in her crisp off-white sari. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if he’d been hungry he couldn’t have eaten a bite—he felt very ill at ease. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, before I can even put that in my head, she asks me if our Tlo Mon, who lives in La Vega, is ill, yes or no. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "It would seem he has met some trouble on the road. My lord father is quite vexed. You would not perchance have any notion of who might have wished my brother ill, would you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “The time was ill spent,” I said, “if it delayed our meeting.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Telling the chief we are ill, we receive permission to stay home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith sat on the damp shed row day and night, hovering around Seabiscuit, and slowly grew ill. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured if ill the stories were true, he would have to have lived to be older than me just to eat and sleep in so many villages. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was calm and kindly, not beautiful, not pretty, but the very sort of face you would be glad to see if you were ill or unhappy or frightened. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was not unreasonable for him to anticipate his own death— he had been ill for so long, and the doctors could not figure out what was wrong with him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Calypso took Zeus’s orders in very ill part. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew, anyway, that Carl’s mother had nothing but ill feelings for all the Miyamotos; she sometimes spoke of them at the dinner table on Sundays, rattling on obsessively. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Your Grace,” he said, “I fear your eunuchs are ill suited for the tasks you set them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Instead she had ridden through the heart of die war, through fertile riverlands turned to blackened desert by the fury of the Lannisters, and each night her scouts brought back tales that made her ill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I never saw anyone so shocked. He could not speak a word for full ten minutes. My mother was taken ill immediately, and the whole house in such confusion!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Vince was the first to arrive, looking a little ill at ease. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ricketts’ was clearly not the best place to care for seriously ill patients, so the Guardians decided to find a building in a more isolated area. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z That would have likely put an end to the late pickups, though it would have also engendered plenty of ill will. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She also saw that his uniform was slightly ill fitting, his girth stretching the scales of his armor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Your hinterlands are not precious to me. Your person is. Should any ill befall you, this world would lose its savor.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was even talk of a clinic someday—a medical clinic, so they wouldn’t have to walk so far to get help, as they had to when Akeer was ill. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t bear her any ill will—I couldn’t think badly of a child, any child, and especially not Tom’s child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel thankful that I have been ill, Joe,” I said. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Now stronger than ever they felt again the ill will of the wood pressing on them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Keenan stands just behind me, shifting from foot to foot, an animal ill at ease. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Whether thou’rt bent or straight, well or ill, knight or clerk, lord or minstrel.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The sight of a white woman allowing a black man to caress her hand made C.P. almost ill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As we grow hungrier, more and more men become ill. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “It does not mean anything. They give extreme unction to anyone who is seriously ill,” Mama whispered, when Papa and Father Benedict left. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Charles wrote a PS: “Since this written our Baby has become suddenly most ill the doctor can only say there is yet some hope.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They tried everything: telling jokes, country and western songs, a ventriloquist act with a lovable fuzzy sidekick, photo ops with terminally ill children. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He came through fine, and he is alive today, with no ill effects from his exposure. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many people like Hari who were ill and going to the Ganges to be cured, but they were all older. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “With all due respect, madam, he is too ill to decide for himself, and you do not understand what I am trying to do. You must let me make the decisions in this matter.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And it meant she would be left at home to take care of their aging father and ill mother. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Heth is still too ill for action. I am giving his division to Johnston Pettigrew. Is that satisfactory to you?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You cannot fall ill of this new disease,” said he. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z To see a glowworm in one’s dreams meant a loved one would fall ill. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Nobody seemed to register that he was from Hawaii, that he’d been visiting his widowed grandmother, or that his daughter had fallen ill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "I bear you no ill will," he'd told the septon before they threw him down the well, "but you and your gods have no place here now." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t fall, but she knew from that misstep that Deydey was ill, that he’d hidden his sickness, and that he was going into the cabin with Neewo, never to return. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z His eyes, which had been murky and dilated while he was ill, were now the clearest of blues. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She settled herself behind her desk and said abruptly, “Professor Lupin sent an owl ahead to say that you were taken ill on the train, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Are we not? That is wrong. For my part, I wish you no ill and all good.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Charley did not wander about but sat close and pressed his shoulder against my knee, and he does that only when I am ill, so I suppose I was ill with a kind of sorrow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A healthy man is careless with a bill — You have to make them pay when they are ill. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Maman is ill most of the time, with fevers that come and go. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For a second I was afraid that I was going to be violently ill right there in front of everyone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Fischer hid the fact from everyone, as well, that he may have been clinically ill during the summit attempt. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Why has Mr. Crouch been pretending to be ill?” said Hermione, ignoring Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The angrier, more powerful ghosts used the trolley to find new hosts: tired, unsuspecting bodies to possess for a little while, warmth to steal from cheeks and other exposed skin, and ill tempers to stoke. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “That was ill judged, my lady,” he told her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lady of the Two Lands In 51 BCE, Ptolemy XII became ill and died. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If they had headaches or felt ill, none of them could recall it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His maxim was, Behave well or behave ill, it is the duty of a master occasionally to whip a slave, to remind him of his master’s authority. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z Towards the end of the month, her mother became ill, and she spent much of her time at her bedside, nursing her and encouraging her to get better. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Mia could see there was no point in protesting, that protesting, in fact, would only make things worse and lead to ill will. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “She is a great deal too ill to be moved. Mr. Jones says we must not think of moving her. We must trespass a little longer on your kindness.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The place had a rank, close smell of sweat and ale that made me feel slightly ill, used as I was to open air. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z From then, off and on, I was gravely ill. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then, still glancing round the room with a preoccupied look, he added absent-mindedly: “It makes no odds about my quarrel, but they did ill to force it on you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was done eight years ago in New York City by Dr. Chester Southam, a cancer specialist who injected live cancer cells into chronically ill elderly patients.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z One of their granddaughters later wrote that “at Down ill health was considered normal.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have become ill?” she murmured, putting her hand on my forehead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke he began to look a bit ill. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He had obviously been ill for several hours. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that he was ill, what would happen to the people who relied on him? An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “You just woke up feeling ill?” she asked. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Except for my brother Dom, fortified with the constitution of a bull, we were ill for much of the voyage. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was consumed with curiosity but still felt too ill to look closely at his surroundings. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Consumed by fear and ill health, she gave her third child, Anna, to a relative to be raised. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Souls or no souls, these people are ill. This is no place to bicker.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A wave of sickness overtook Seven, and she took in a deep breath of crisp, cold air to keep from being ill. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The choir had been rehearsing for weeks, but on the day of the feast the soprano fell ill with bronchitis. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She hadn’t meant it, and the poisonous thought—the shocking, inconceivable, unthinkable notion of the five of them doing harm to one another—had made Sarai ill. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I haven’t smoked in two months and the smell makes me feel ill. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He seemed to get seriously ill very quickly. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking in a low voice so Hari could not hear, the doctor said, “I am sorry to have to tell you this, but the boy is gravely ill. There is nothing to be done.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Even the Elves do likewise at need, and blindfolded we crossed the borders of fair Lothlórien. Gimli the dwarf took it ill, but the hobbits endured it.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But ill health forced him to give up teaching in 1648, and from then until 1650 he lived in Toulon, before returning to Paris, where he died on 24 October 1655. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z When someone falls ill, the family throws out his belongings, puts the sick person on someone’s back or a wagon if the family is lucky enough to have one, and march on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z NB: Youngest son currently at home, seriously ill, Ministry inspectors have confirmed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Nothing was said of crutches or of misshapen legs, or of ill fortune or of good. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He got ill over the summer an’ he’s not gettin’ better.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I fell ill, but recovered in the Bush Hill hospital.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother was ill, according to Mrs. Flagg, but you do not know her whereabouts.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, all the ill wishes he could invent were not powerful enough to rid him of Gebu’s stubborn presence here in Thebes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I went there and found him very ill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The mentally ill were abused in almost every conceivable way and were treated as a kind of entertainment, with ‘Bedlam’ a place for fashionable people to go to view the curiosities, rather like a zoo. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There was something in her voice, however, that Harry knew boded ill. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z While I was ill, a knock came at my door one morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He really began to cry now, more than he thought he’d ever done, more even than when he found out his mum was ill. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I was extremely ill after the last examination; the other, a middle-aged fellow, had some disorder or disease of the kidney, and was dying. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She had shared a bottle of soda pop with someone, and not even that person became ill. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With his voice striking the perfect sober note, Holmes apologized for the disarray and explained that Julia’s sister had fallen gravely ill and Julia and her daughter had left at once for the train station. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She used religion as a therapy for the ills of the world and of herself, and she changed the religion to fit the ill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was not too ill to smoke in the car all the way to the hospital. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He feels ill at ease with the praise, just as he had when he was a child and destroyed his drawing of the cat, the clay figure of the elephant. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Before hanging up, she told me that in a cruel twist of fate her mother had fallen gravely ill as well. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But I am not ashamed because I am a bad father, a bad individual or ill mannered. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z So her usual patients are burned or wounded or ill. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Honesty, Mother. I told them that you are ill and that seeing them might be just the sort of medicine that you need, and that no doctor could prescribe.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The third week of term, he had been ill. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She did not trust the expressionless Indians who waited on her with such evident ill will and seemed to make fun of her behind her back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard about the family dogs they missed, parents who were ill, fiancées they figured would no longer want them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z What if he hadn’t been ill at all? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I felt like something ill was festering in my stomach, and my head felt like a piñata stuffed with cotton balls. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But after a time it became plain that El-ahrairah was ill from shock and exhaustion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When I returned, many days ago, I heard the ill news. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "I think that would be ill done, my liege. Ser Cortnay will watch his father die before he would ever betray his trust. It would gain us nothing, and bring dishonor to our cause." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You stay away from that viper. She don’t have nothing but ill will toward you and your momma.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Instead her stepmother turned the key in the lock and woke her, saying, “Beatrice is ill. She won’t be here today.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He is ill at ease and I am nervous for him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’ll have to learn these things. I made very discreet inquiries and you would never guess. She is the—well—the owner of a house of ill fame.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When Walter was on death row, he once told me how ill he had become during the execution of one of the men on his tier. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In the scorching April heat, many older people become ill from heatstroke and dehydration, but they dare not rest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I prefer it here in the mostly unconsidered rooms of the basement, the stone walls rough-hewn, damp, ill lighted like any memory. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He never seemed ill at ease, and even when he did not speak the language, he had ways of making himself understood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We felt so tired and ill that we’d find a spot to lie down and say to ourselves, “This is it, I’m not going to make it. I can’t go on anymore.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the used Band-Aid on the next step that makes me ill. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z If Marina knew that someone’s child had fallen ill, she’d find a way to send medication and, on occasion, an air ambulance. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z By telephone they learned that Blanca was ill and that the nuns did not want to be responsible for her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s ill. We got swept down in the flood and we been trying to look after her. But...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I glue my eyes to my plate and think about my pending application with Prism until something Uncle Max says makes me feel ill. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A number of well-known doctors had abandoned their patients and scampered to safer air; ten others had died, while still more were ill and could not receive patients. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When these people became ill, they had no money to pay for food, medicine, a physician, or a nurse. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But when Monster Slayer was done with destroying enemies, he became ill himself. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Less interested in healing minds than in observing the ways they could go wrong, Porter saw it as his job to keep mentally ill people out of the Army. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And I don't mean special in the sense of mentally ill, I mean special in the sense of good, genuine people, and that's definitely Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry to put you ill at ease,” Mr. Benedict said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “No, not I. What can they do for you? You should not be roving about now; it looks very ill.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Just for an instant, I worried about how Thelma’s parents would get through the huge crowd outside to pick her up if she were really ill. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry did not know what to think, what to believe: He wanted the truth, and yet all Doge did was sit there and bleat feebly that Ariana had been ill. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He was a very good animal doctor, and though he had never taken care of a penguin before, he knew enough about birds to see at a glance that this one was seriously ill. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Finley tried to minimize the damage by saying that one of the boys had become ill and made the others sick. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z That friend’s wife greeted him sadly and told him that his friend was unfortunately very ill and would have to stay in his bed for a long time. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Upon returning to Calcutta, Gogol and Sonia both get terribly ill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One of our sloth bears became seriously ill with severe hemorrhagic enteritis after being given fish that had gone putrid by a man who was convinced he was doing a good deed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He did not want to open his mouth near the ill, for fear something would leap in. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Donations of Alexandria hurt Mark Antony’s reputation and caused a lot of ill will in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But Reverend Hunt is very ill with the seasickness and he will need help. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z ‘That is ill news indeed. We shall all rue it bitterly, I fear. How came the folk of Thranduil to fail in their trust?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Still, to be on the safe side, he told his mother he was ill and stayed in bed all day. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Milo was so relieved at having escaped the Doldrums that he assured the dog that he bore him no ill will and, in fact, was very grateful for the assistance. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He was ill, as I told you, and he didn’t wake in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes closed almost at once, although the lid of his going-blind eye remained slightly open, as if he were stealing a peek at all of us from the land of tired, ill sleep. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Crouch was supposed to be too ill to go to work or to come to the Yule Ball — so what was he doing, sneaking into Hogwarts at one o’clock in the morning? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She looked ill at ease with the gun. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But he grew ill at the sight of blood, and wept to see even a chicken slaughtered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “At any rate, I certainly bear you no ill will, my girl. I appreciate the difficulty of your quest. Especially when you have troublemakers like Janus to deal with.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Make sure you’re honest about his condition. It’s a tough situation. We don’t want to trick anyone into falling in love with a terminally ill dog. We have to be honest. Okay?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Huygens had always suffered from ill health, and although he was based in Paris for the next fifteen years, he twice had to return to Holland for lengthy periods to recuperate from sickness. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “My dear Victor,” cried he, “what, for God’s sake, is the matter? Do not laugh in that manner. How ill you are! What is the cause of all this?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope wondered if Lady Constance had taken ill, but when she inquired Mrs. Clarke just rolled her eyes and muttered something about “the moon on a string not being enough for some people.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My one saving grace was that my mom never spoke ill of him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She was the only one to Jail ill! Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he was ill with the fever, or once when he fell from a tree, his mother would rub his body with okwuma, all the while muttering, “We shall defeat them, they will not win.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “A child’s foolishness. Speak no ill of our friends of Frey. One of them will be your lord and husband soon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He writes to her from work, “I received sad news today. Vincent is gravely ill. I don’t know what’s wrong, but I shall have to go there as my presence is required.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Within a few days of the funeral, Cleopatra, wretched with sorrow, fell ill from an infection brought on by the injuries she had inflicted on herself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I went to see him about my ill feelings towards Papa. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarlet fever was hitting the area hard; some children in the village were already seriously ill. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered hearing his illiterate mother reciting poetry and speaking in a tongue that sounded like Latin when she was very ill with typhoid fever. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “If I was too ill to collect anything tomorrow, what would you do?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “No wonder she was ill, the child was the wrong way round and she had to have an operation which entailed turning the child with forceps.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “She said we could not meet you until you had rested because you had been so seriously ill. Almost died, she said.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered whether her mother knew her father was not ill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Helene has seen me naked dozens of times—when wounded, or ill, or suffering through one of the Commandant’s cruel strength-training exercises. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t let him bite his tongue off,” a short sergeant near Yossarian advised shrewdly, and a seventh man threw himself into the fray to wrestle with the ill lieutenant’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It grieves me, my son, more than I can tell you to know that you are ill. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Nor could I eat anything without becoming ill. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She wasn’t a total cripple, not even when she was ill was she truly crippled. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Things go ill, my friends,’ he said, wiping the sweat from his brow with his arm. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As for me, I didn’t think they’d understand, and I didn’t want anybody treating me as if I was diseased or mentally ill. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Though seriously ill with an intestinal disorder that would eventually prove fatal, Jefferson summoned up the energy for one final spasm of eloquence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He said the stuff in the gourd was called mescal; but Linda said it ought to be called soma; only it made you feel ill afterwards. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a mixture of turmeric and some other medicinal powders. It’ll help keep you from falling ill. The monsoon will get worse soon.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He led the group of suitors who came from grainlands on Doulikhion, and he had lightness in his talk that pleased Penelope, for he meant no ill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Now is the time for resting. Some things are ill to hear when the world’s in shadow. Sleep till the morning-light, rest on the pillow! Heed no nightly noise! Fear no grey willow!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to expect some emotional instability, after what they’ve been through. They were particularly ill prepared, coming from their life in the Capitol.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Acorn returned to say that Strawberry felt too ill and that he could find neither Blackberry nor Fiver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Many who could ill afford it gave a dollar here, a dollar there, to show their support. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When his mother became ill in the mid-1970s and had to stop working, he took good care of her. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But half an hour later she came rushing to me, looking ill, sinking into a chair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, señor,” she said, shaking her head emphatically and pointing to the dictionary, the sole book to survive the pawning of items after Abuelito fell ill. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother fell ill and the problem of food became an acute, daily agony. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z What will happen, they had said, if the president is still seriously ill when Congress re-adjourns in the fall or if a national emergency occurs? Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Some people get motion sickness. I’ll get you a bag in case she needs to be ill.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Blood?' howled the woman on the stool. “That’s what this ill onion wants of us, my lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This one, the one she held now in the nervous fingers of her right hand, she had done as her mother lay ill. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That child must be ill,” said Mrs. Banks, when she was told by Ellen—who suddenly returned and discovered him—of the latest adventure. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He was so pale and shaken I wondered if he was ill. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her son laughed at his mother’s ill temper. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Buckthorn was wounded in the face and Strawberry was shivering and evidently ill from exhaustion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You thought I would like the fact that you’ve struck up a relationship with a mentally ill person?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Do you feel ill? Do you want to lie down?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve been going through the greatest anxiety, our dear one has been very ill.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was shy and ill at ease with Nancy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Slopping pigs couldn’t be that much harder than serving in the front room, and it would be better than falling ill or dying. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she was none of these things, she was an old woman who was ill and tired. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "I was ill. I could have treated myself if I'd had the medicine I have now." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Sister Gladys had pronounced her the night watchman and given her the duty of calling for help if anyone became especially ill. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet no ill portents or encounters followed on his working even of the Great Spells of Making and Shaping, which are most perilous. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Litch located Hunt, ill in her own tent, and expressed his concerns. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He relished every berry and showed no ill effects. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “His wife is ill, and he has closed his shop. My business dwindles daily. I have already lost one of my lads, gone with his family to Wilmington.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She could get severely ill at any minute. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Chronically ill, having recently lost two young children, his wife was described as “stupid, sulking, lonely, melancholy.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The morrow produced no abatement of Mrs. Bennet’s ill-humour or ill health. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “She’s terribly ill. I couldn’t go, I just couldn’t, not knowing — ” Nat looked intently at her, and took one step nearer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At eighteen, Elizabeth Manwill was an easy target for mockery: glasses perpetually sliding down her nose, forehead knobby with acne, clothes frumpy and ill fitting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And yet when Nicholas and Ojiugo visited, he disliked how strenuously they tried to be positive, to pretend, almost, as though he was merely ill in hospital and they had come to visit him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Benjamin Franklin was very old and very ill in March of 1790. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z At the beginning of the competition, Fischer looked Abraham Lincoln-thin; his cheeks were hollow, and he had deep, dark circles under his eyes, all indicating that he might be ill. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Clavius by this time was very ill, and we do not know what he made of this new evidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You see how ill she is?” she asked Master. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Amy became ill, and with Frank and Charles by her side, died a few days later. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure. They were friends a long way back. I think Madeline used to visit your gram when she was still ill.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He had thought for hours about ways to escape, from pretending to be violently ill to hiding behind the door with the television and throwing it onto Cabot’s head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He fell ill, likely from pneumonia, and never recovered. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “You are to make two separate piles of homework each day. If you have a cold, you are to place your homework in the pile marked ‘ill.’ A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Then rumors began to spread: Lyra was ill. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She thought about pretending to be ill and escaping back to the castle, but Dvorah had put her coat somewhere and she didn’t know where. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The seriously ill, the deranged, are another race, an inferior race. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Charles said he took some consolation in the thought that had Annie lived she might have suffered a life of ill health, as he was now suffering. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Bush’s speech contained nothing newsworthy about drug policy, or Nicaragua, or the Federal Reserve, or balancing the budget, or social ills, or the homeless. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Gloria gave a low moan and leaned over her drink as if she felt ill. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sire,” he added quickly, “your warriors had no right to use him so ill! This is shameful and dishonorable treatment.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The doctor determined that Paul was not mentally ill, and he refused to allow her to be transferred to his facility. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z ‘Mary! You’ve gone as white as a sheet! Are you feeling ill?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My father’s care and attentions were indefatigable, but he did not know the origin of my sufferings and sought erroneous methods to remedy the incurable ill. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawley, the correspondent, seemed ill again and had not made up his mind whether or not to ride today. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The fate of black men in white prisons was, of course, well known to the family, and the tenant's daughter, who was already ill, grew terrified, pleading with the policeman not to take her father. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Since Mags seems to have no ill effects from the nuts, Peeta collects bunches of them and fries them by bouncing them off the force field. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But on hurrying back to Prague to make arrangements for the move, he found his wife seriously ill once again. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Our food is bad and mixed up with so much substitute stuff that it makes us ill. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Without proper training and conditioning—and sometimes even with them—competitive rowers are apt to experience a wide variety of ills in the knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, ribs, neck, and above all the spine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “He’s brought word that Lord Furnival—God keep him well—has returned from the wars. He’s ill and expected to die.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “My son is ill,” Mr. Derby said to the doctor, “so I’ll entrust to you the transactions for the sale of these three.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z True, they were ill fed and ill equipped, suffering from low morale and yearning to return home to their families and farms in time for spring planting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Guenever was twenty-two as she sat at her petit point and thought of Lancelot She was not half-way to her coffin, not ill even, and she only had six senses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma believed that her bone soup could cure all kinds of ills. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z At suppertime my mother came in to ask if I were ill, and being too slow-witted to invent an ailment, I got up and went down to the meal. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Very slowly — but still glaring at each other as though each wished the other nothing but ill — Sirius and Snape moved toward each other and shook hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Hermione always liked to go through their exam papers afterward, but Ron said this made him feel ill, so they wandered down to the lake and flopped under a tree. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Lying on cushions, as if she really were ill, she braided her long hair and rolled it about her ears as death had told her it should be on her bier. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Mushrooms of every variety make me ill. I do enjoy quail eggs, however.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “He mourns her something terrible. He is still in bed recovering. He’s weak, but he’ll survive. Thank the Lord the boys haven’t taken ill.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Though exhausted, ill, and anxious about the voyage ahead, they carried evidence of a vast, teeming, interconnected ecosystem of plants and insects, the likes of which the great European academies had never seen. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “And the man’s body was missing its vital organs—like someone had split him open from neck to navel, and—I’m sorry, you look like you’re going to be ill. I shouldn’t have said anything.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She became very ill, and a trained nurse moved into the house to look after her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z After all, I don’t know those Bostonians or San Franciscans or Kansans who have taken ill; the numbers, though alarming, held no personal arithmetic. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “You will make the girl ill,” he said, holding my arm while I wavered unsteadily. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Don’t you name him. Don’t you do that, till he’s past two years. It’s ill luck to name them When they’re still on the breast. You crows may not know that, but it’s true.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No he wasn’t ill, they say; yes, it was completely unexpected. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I have been ill, seriously ill, and the only thing to do is to power through the day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter if they were elderly, pregnant, ill, or balancing children on their laps. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Two days after this unpleasant exchange, the ill will between our team and the South Africans remained high. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Not ill, but tired and sorrowful. We have had trouble since I saw you last.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to explain that he was ill. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z An ill wind, blowing no good, was rising. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper had never forgotten how badly frightened he had been when Captain Cook had been so ill, before Greta came. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I would have reminded him that I was no doctor and therefore was ill equipped to do a thorough examination, but impudence would have diminished my lead. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She showed no ill effects of the small fit at the Battery. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have been rather ill, for I remember some of the effects of high fever, and the physician stayed with me one night or perhaps more. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “I was ill, I have had a shock; but you have cured me already.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Ammu had lost the latest of her succession of jobs—as a receptionist in a cheap hotel—because she had been ill and had missed too many days of work. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. March would not hear of the old gentleman’s undertaking the long journey, yet an expression of relief was visible when he spoke of it, for anxiety ill fits one for traveling. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in golfing clothes and looked slightly ill at ease. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He needed a new campaign that would get him out of Rome, away from the gossip and the ill will. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Outside of the prizefighting ring, violence made Mr. Levy ill. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is it not true,” I say, “that the nuns are loath to allow the village doctor to examine them when they are ill?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His inflexibility and blindness ill become a leader, for a leader must temper justice with mercy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It may just interest you to know,” she said, “that my mother is very ill.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a home with a chronically ill relative who was interested in regular examination by a young person who would listen endlessly to ailments and take precise notes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z No good and much ill could come from boys worrying too much about whatever Royal Brougham at the Post-Intelligencer or George Varnell at the Seattle Times might be speculating about on any given day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Fulvia, already ill, died a short time later without seeing her husband again. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “My memory serves me ill,” said the friar. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Adam the Yeoman came bursting into the Hall, so hurried with ill news that he scarcely stopped to bob his head before speaking. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z But why did the people I met, whether well or ill disposed towards me, also seem insipid? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I could not bear it, it made me frightened, ill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My mother, working with mentally ill people every day, noticed I was acting funny and started asking me questions. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Most refugees who arrive by boat are exhausted and traumatized by their ordeal; many are also ill or injured. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Papa,” she said, “I think you had better call the veterinary doctor. I am afraid Captain Cook is really ill.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z If a worker fell ill, the mill boss would often pay the doctor’s bill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He seemed either ill or very much depressed, and the strangers avoided him instinctively. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe it when Reginald began to speak ill of Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z People who are mentally ill can become dangerous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The post office ceased doing business when three of its clerks grew ill. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Just before the Feast of St. Matthew, the twenty-fourth of February, I woke one morning unable to rise from my bed, being very ill. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z In the narrow bottle-crowded room that he rented on one side of the square, he lived several years off the hopelessly ill who, after having tried everything, consoled themselves with sugar pills. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Whether they’re killed in a movie theater, a school, or a drone strike, it makes me ill. I mourn when anyone is killed. Here or elsewhere.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It wasn’t difficult to convince Mother that I was ill, what with my listlessness and lingering hives. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Other prisoners exploit or react violently to the behavioral symptoms of the mentally ill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Vatete must be extremely ill to ask the doctor to come from her village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not ill. I’m weller than you,” said Michael rudely. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Joe ran off a few years later, presumably to one of the combat schools, and so their heartbreak was complete, Auntie Aggie clucking her tongue and saying, “Told you them twins was an ill omen.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He rambled on with this fraudulent recollection while Henry, pale and ill, endured his prods and backslaps as a well-trained dog will tolerate the pummeling of a rough child. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Dad thought that any pet which didn’t lay eggs was an extravagance that a man with twelve children could ill afford. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z When we are old and ill, and particularly in the coffin, It is no trouble to behave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Scabbers had been looking ill before he met Crookshanks...ever since Ron’s return from Egypt...since the time when Black had escaped.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I thought,“Why would I need to tell her? What’s she going to do — send me to a psychiatrist? I’m not crazy—I’m having dreams that my extremely ill brother is dying, which makes sense!” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Well,” thought I, “if they’re such fools, I will get ahead of them and teach them a lesson. One ill turn deserves another.” The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Some of those absent had good excuses, such as having to attend to an increasing number of patients ill with the fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But her sister, Charlotte, used to frequent them until she became ill. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But when I learned that Mr. Ballagh, a baker at Hanson’s Cash Grocery and Bakery, had taken ill and died, my heart ached. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I can become physically ill watching you eat.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the flights got longer, until finally Cooper stayed up nearly a day and a half, with no apparent ill effects. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the adults and older children who fell ill recovered at least enough to work again, although they might continue to suffer off and on for years. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z From his fa- ther he inherited the neatness of clothing and body and hair, and he never seemed ill dressed even when he was. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ever since, just the thought of cows made her ill. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z You didn’t have to work the galleries long to realize that a large proportion of inmates were mentally ill. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to stay with you, but Celina Aunty insisted the best thing I could do was try to get some sleep and make sure I didn’t fall ill, too. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It made me feel weird to hear Rain speaking ill about Sophie without even meeting her. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He had promised to watch the final tilts with Sansa; Septa Mordane was ill today, and his daughter was determined not to miss the end of the jousting. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A few days later, I fell ill with a massive infection. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Alas! An ill fate is on me this day, and all that I do goes amiss. Where is Sam?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Two reasons were given, the first was that a “most material witness,” Hickock’s father, was at present too ill to testify. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It had better be a summer grippe, because there is no way to care for him if he is truly ill. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Although many abhorred the killings, others favored these deaths, especially in cases of severely mentally ill or disabled children. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z For good or ill, her son had thrown the dice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was old, she was ill, she was thinner than ever. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t acutely ill, and no such diagnosis was made with Annie. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear made her seem ill; it distorted her body lines, made her appear as if someone had broken her and then, with malice, patched her together badly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But this fact sustains me only in the way that, say, the prospect of heaven cheers a terminally ill person: it’s nice to know, but it isn’t much help from moment to moment. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Man!” he said, “but it made us afeard, for we expeckit that we should have to pay for it wi’ some rare piece o’ ill luck, so as to keep up the average. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Lexie looked almost as if she were going to be physically ill. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “They left for Chester in the dark of night. Warner has kin there. There was horrible screaming and carrying on. The youngest girl fell ill after an apprentice died.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming from her, these words made me physically ill. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He became ill, first with food poisoning, then with pleurisy. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z But to be ill, on this day—very bad luck. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What worried her was the possibility that if she became ill, she would not be allowed to travel abroad. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Preening, gloating over the ill treatment that she alone escaped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The day he learned that he was terminally ill was the day he lost interest in his purchasing power. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the stepfather, a truck driver, was frequently on the road, and her mother, who was mentally ill, often needed the young Della to care for her. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A wizardly man soon learns that few indeed of his meetings are chance ones, be they for good or for ill. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He felt ill as he watched them bum, and not only from the smoke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Billy Ray’s childhood, then, consisted of sorrowful years in tarpaper shacks, much ill health, and general all-around human disaster. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time since you’d fallen ill, you seemed to be following a conversation. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But the idea of him—or anyone—speaking ill of Koffi while she lay asleep just a few feet away was something he couldn’t abide. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I’m always very fit,” said Maxim shortly, “never had anything wrong with me in my life. You imagine everyone ill who doesn’t look as fat as Giles.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I did not do so ill, he tried to tell himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While the residents were happy to see Luna, they were shocked not to see Xan, and, at the news of her ill health, the Free Cities grieved as one. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I have to agree with Alter,” Bailey said, looking rather ill. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Gibraltar,” Miles said, then he lurched out of his seat and made it to the trash can in time to be violently ill. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But they were plainly so ill at ease in their new surroundings that Holly was already contending against his own belief that there was little to be hoped for from them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the next room Granny lay ill and under the day and night care of a doctor and I knew that I would be punished if I did not obey. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But he can’t be that ill if he managed to get up here. “My brother’s Crouch’s personal assistant,” Ron informed Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Many of us became ill through it; Wolf actually died of inflammation of the lung. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her very existence continued to be known only to those few outsiders who, like “Dogbreath” Doge, could be counted upon to believe in the story of her “ill health.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Though ill and thin, he still looked sharp. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I think I see the answer in his eyes, and I feel ill. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Soon, she received a call from Sverrisson that Bobby had grown substantially more ill. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Worse was to come with the news that the gentleman had brought no valet, his usual man having fallen ill. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The hurt on her face makes me slightly ill, but I press. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s no shade on the light, just a bare bulb overhead, which makes my face look pallid and ill, with circles under the eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The runaway made so much noise moaning in the night and was so ill when they lowered her from the attic nook that they were obliged to let Fiona go for a few days. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was exhausted and ill prepared and it was all I could do to keep my mind on the class. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Jenny? What is Cha-Cha doing out here? And why does Fred look like he’s going to be ill?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z That part about her being ill might be true. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Had he done so ill that now he must watch one kill the other? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If anything, he feels slightly ill, from the combination of the bourbon and the two large pieces of cake he’d had because he had not had any dinner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And it reminded the boy of the day when he had been ill and vomiting out in the fields, after which he had fallen into a deep sleep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Janaki was ill and could not come, Kali was away, therefore I had to do what I could. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch Cora eat, and feel a little ill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I hurried to change afterward, ill at ease, knowing the faster I moved, the sooner I would be with Edward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Feeling very ill, I climbed the slope again, throwing myself down on the mat in the hut. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Although they are both ill, they are on the same path together, their dreams shared, just as they had imagined they would be when they were young men on that walk to the mill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But Matty held his breath for a moment, dismayed to see that indeed his friend was ill. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “They loved you, Crow. They didn’t want you to become ill, like they were. And you said it yourself: They knew how lonely Jason was in that orphanage and they wanted something better for you.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z For the very next day he had become ill and unable to move his legs. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z If she were truly ill, she must finish this as quickly as possible. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Three days after the liberation of Buchenwald, I became very ill: some form of poisoning. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He should be a fine soldier, and sometimes is, but he is often ill for no apparent reason. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z America's prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Shortly thereafter both of them died and three of their playmates became ill. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As the book keeper was ill, Sander was given the task of holding the play book and throwing out lines to players who were floundering. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Jeyne had been feeling ill, she explained; she had helped her back to the castle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The hustle and bustle of all the children helped Emma with her grief over the death of her baby, and it distracted her from worry about her ill parents. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She accepted her situation at face value, and never spoke ill of her benefactor—or more accurately, her captor, for she was clearly Goddard’s prisoner, even though she might not see it that way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “You’re not feeling ill, are you?” he asked, a trifle anxiously, afraid that she might be suffering from one of the few remaining infectious diseases. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Something about the look of it made Bran feel ill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In another time, if I felt it unavoidable, I would have presented the fact solely to mitigate the ill sweep of my own activities. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It touched on so much of what he faced: crime, rehabilitation, the role of the system for good and sometimes ill. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “It’s an ill wind that blows no good.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel through the Wall was narrow and twisting, and many of the wildlings were old or ill or wounded, so the going was painfully slow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I have told the Negro that I would sleep by the Flap because he is ill and the Water will come in & wet him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Gawaine said roughly: “The half of yon was done by sore ill fortune.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I listened politely to the rest of her story which ended, as I knew it would, with Judy being pyrotechnically ill behind a hot-dog stand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I am troubled with dire thoughts, and then my heart beats too fast. You must bleed these ill humors from me, as the village doctor used to do,” she demands. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It makes me feel slightly ill, as if I’m in a closed car on a hot muggy day with an older woman wearing too much face powder. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, as the rest of the family began to arrive, Polly, the dog who had been so attached to Charles, suddenly grew deathly ill. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is an ill thing for young Robin to sleep out in the damp, but if such be our fortune, then we must make the best of it.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Was he really ill, or was he faking? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In the current political climate, conservatives extol marriage as the solution to many of society’s ills, while liberals argue that it alone cannot compensate for the effects of imperiled neighborhoods and failing schools. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I suddenly felt ill, and I was also having a difficult time breathing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In spite of his continuing ill health, Huygens made a few more foreign trips, including another visit to London in 1689, when he met Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “We’ve had a very bad time and my master’s ill. Can we get underground here?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Not just old and ill fitting, but dinted, cracked, and brittle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then Reb Saunders became ill, and at the same time my father also took to his bed with the flu, a severe case that bordered on pneumonia for a while and frightened me terribly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A steady supply of ill and injured is deposited in our kitchen before my mother, who has long since stopped charging for her services. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Ten Snow was the first to fall into a fever, and then those in the lodge where the sick man had stayed fell ill, one after the next. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, stay you or I shall be forced to move, and that always puts me in an ill humor,” he said languidly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But not long before the meeting began, Charles became too ill to attend. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Certainly. This moment, if you please. It is impossible to refuse what you ask in such a way. But what can be the matter?—Is she really not ill?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But there was that thrill, even so—perhaps she’d come home early for some reason: perhaps she’d be feeling ill or have forgotten some vital papers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On his day off that week, he drove up the Hudson River to see his ill father. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I’d already heard from Pa that she was ill, but I didn’t know that it was as bad as you said. Write to me about this soon, if you will.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In mid-December the secretary became ill and was forced to go on sick leave. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Her face is gray, as if she might be ill. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the late nineteenth century, alarmed by the inhumane treatment of incarcerated people suffering from mental illness, Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Dwight led a successful campaign to get the mentally ill out of prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z County officials say they eliminated the springs out of concern that bathers might become gravely ill from virulent microbes thought to flourish in the thermal pools. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ramon sat up suddenly in the bed, where he had lain ill for days, and felt the fever begin to seep from him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Kitty has no discretion in her coughs,” said her father; “she times them ill.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He looked old, old and ill as he had looked that day beside Mercy’s bed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like the thought of cutting them either, but it may be our only hope. Dr. Rush recommends it, he was bled himself when he was ill.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Hie Others take our onion . . . and that flaming heart. It was an ill thing to bum the Seven." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Your friend was right to bring you here, but as I told him just before, you are very ill. That water will not cure the true sickness.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Doctors and nurses resisted by fighting to save the lives of the ill and injured and by bringing new life into the world. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z For some time the three companions stood still and silent, troubled by this new stroke of ill fortune. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z On arrival Eliot saw immediately that Olmsted was ill. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Good morning,” Arthur said sulkily, and sat down himself with an air of sullen ill temper. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I felt sleepy, ill, as if this were some lingering and dyspeptic dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They felt mystified and slightly ill at ease. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later Lazear felt ill; two days after this he was confined to bed as yellow fever wracked his body. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When I spoke my voice was far too casual, the silly, nervous voice of someone ill at ease. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the time, aside from a few furious cuffings to vent an ill humor, or mocking taunts to enhance a good one, he ignored Ranofer completely. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z By July 29, Hume was too ill to row. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Why, she is not ill, Missus Hempstock? Say it is not so." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z By October 11, I had made myself ill with what appeared to be flu. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “She looks very ill: her face lighted up and she certainly knew me,” he wrote to Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "He doesn't, any longer. The boy grew ill and died while Mr. Shakespeare was here in London. I doubt that he's ever forgiven himself." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Even when she was ill she had hobbled to work, even when any of my siblings was ill she had gone to work, reluctantly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “You used us abominably ill,” answered Mrs. Hurst, “running away without telling us that you were coming out.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Thinking about this makes me feel ill again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘It was no ordinary storm. It is the ill will of Caradhras. He does not love Elves and Dwarves, and that drift was laid to cut off our escape.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The girl, it turned out, was an unwitting intermediary between two communities, a human sacrifice who allowed the festivities to go forward with no uttered ill will. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Most overcrowded prisons don't have the capacity to provide care and treatment to the mentally ill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Though ill and thin, he still looked sharp. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was taken home across the Bristol Channel on the paddle-steamer and I felt so wonderful at being away from that dreaded school building that I very nearly forgot I was meant to be ill. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘All the same, I wish it was over for good or ill,’ said Pippin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Do they speak ill of me? The captain and his pet? The crewmen and their demons that hide in crevices.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Charles’s sister Caroline and Emma’s brother Josiah were there, but their infant was very ill, which set a pall over the whole day. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the three months between his surgery and his death, Gey went to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for a week of treatments with an experimental Japanese drug that made him violently ill. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z His smile was hiding the fact that for the past twelve hours he’d been feeling ill. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She looked up malinger and read the definition: “To pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work.’ Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “It is ill luck to look at cakes before the New Year,” he replied hastily. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They complain that they think ill of Lord Dunmore’s skill at sorcery. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His reputation was international: when the king of Morocco’s wife fell ill, he insisted only TeLinde could operate on her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Piercy grew ill on the ride out of Camden, and the other passengers—including those from his household—put him out of the coach at Isaac Eldridge’s farm. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Not you. I’m fear’d you have some ill plans agate, that bring you about folk’s houses at this time o’ night. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I hate to speak ill of the dead, but I’m glad you didn’t hang out with her any more.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Was and will make me ill,” she quoted, “I take a gramme and only am.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She appeared to be not in the least ill at ease sitting on an upturned box in a bare room and drinking tea out of a mug that she balanced on her knee. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z In the glare it threw, he saw three hooded figures carrying between them a fourth whose shape was indistinct, and who seemed ill, or wounded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Meg, who was feeling ill inside herself, made no answer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning she complained of feeling ill and stayed in her room in the King City hotel while Adam drove into the country. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I had done ill to speak of him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z No one comprehended that really he was ill, that grief had made him so, that grief had drawn a circle around him he could not escape from and others could not enter—except possibly Sue. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As she finished the spraying she began to feel quite ill, with nausea and extreme anxiety and nervousness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He never stopped working, even when he was ill. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z From nowhere a memory came to him: he was very young, and it was before her troubles began, and he was ill. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Both Reb Saunders and my father were quite ill on the day in May when word finally came that the war in Europe was over. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z One evening, so the story goes, the night telescope assistant fell ill and Humason was asked if he might fill in. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She asked Joyce how her parents were doing, and expressed her regret when Joyce replied that her father was quite ill. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Skill he had, and he might have stayed there his whole life, bent over a desk, his neck growing forward instead of upright, had not the brothers taken ill one day from bad fish. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dean was ill today so the seat on the school bus next to me was empty. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Some were old enough to know their names at least, but Lazlo was just a baby, and an ill one, no less. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “It is a rule with me, that a person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He might have been ill, or he might have suffered a crippling blow, but the result was that he could not walk without leaning on two sticks, and he trembled constantly like an aspen leaf. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It seemed doubtful whether he could go on much longer like this without becoming dangerously ill. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It bodes ill for the future of East Asia if these two great peoples cannot find common ground. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Two of them became ill shortly after being appointed, while the sickness in the city consumed the time of the other two. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He was generally kind and gentle in our meeting, but he was clearly ill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even when he was very ill and weak, the first days of our escape, he hid his face from me when he wept. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z After a bit of a tense silence, he inquired about my health, told me what he’d done while I was ill, and said nothing about what had just happened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was fed up with traveling through exotic countries selling shark-fin aphrodisiacs, ginseng to cure all ills, carved Eskimo statues, stuffed Amazonian piranhas, and chinchillas for ladies’ coats. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The most seriously ill were taken by cart to Bush Hill; the dead were placed in coffins and hauled to the graveyards. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z They do what no one else wants to do, attending to the unpleasant bodily needs of the very ill. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I may have lived through many illnesses and survived them, never suspecting that I was ill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Grasso had explained what happened—that Papa had become very ill around lunchtime. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z I was nine and a half, and at that age one is ill equipped to tackle a grown-up man with flaming orange hair and a violent temper. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will not sign a card for someone who is not ill. To do so would be treason against the Führer. Leave my office. And next time, go to another doctor.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Once, when he’d been ill, his boy had forced a pill down his throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Martial arts were forbidden by the rules, but these guys were so pointedly low- key, and the rule seemed to me so ill conceived, that I didn’t break it up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Although elected President of the College of Physicians in 1654, he had to decline the honour on the grounds of age and ill health. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Then he stared at her and he said to the younger girl, “Take the broom and sweep, for your mother is ill.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It’s comfortable enough, but it isn’t a place you want to be, so instead I linger in the living room or at the kitchen table, ill at ease and powerless. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So he was not at home in early March and did not know that Frodo had been ill. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Winnie actually got a fright when Gregory took her aside, thinking that I was perhaps ill. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But . . . sir,” I said—for my speech was slow and ill formed—“if I do ... I ... I won’t be able to work the fields.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “I do not like to speak ill of others,” she began. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As the days wore on, they took more and more of the burden of caring for the city’s ill. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Only weeks after a previous entry declared her healthy, one of the doctors wrote, “The patient looks chronically ill. She is obviously in pain.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It had taken him months of training, but now he could absorb decades of information without falling ill or losing himself in the waves of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “The local people who are ill like me indeed tell me the truth. You can live to be old or young, but you’ll always have moments when you lose your head.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Perhaps he thought he could control his illness and didn’t believe that he was dying until he was too ill to think about legal documents. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Now when the rest said ‘Aye’ to this, I saw the power of destiny devising ill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weston was looking so ill, and had an air of so much perturbation, that Emma’s uneasiness increased; and the moment they were alone, she eagerly said, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Experienced seamstresses could keep their machines in working order, but those who were new, inept, or very ill could not. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Like all villagers, we were required to ask the steward’s permission to be excused from work if ill, to grind our wheat, or bake it, to buy or to baptize our children. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But after several months of caring for him at home, the victim's wife apparently abandoned him and he became gravely ill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Weary, ill, and frazzled with the heat, Maria scrambled to gather and paint as many as she could, with Dorothea’s help. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Desperately ill paupers were wandering the streets, or abandoned in their homes with no one to care for them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Alexander left his son gravely ill, with only the state of the Romagna secured and with all the others up in the air, situated between two very powerful enemy armies. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z They were eager now to see the Shire again; but at first they rode only slowly, for Frodo had been ill at ease. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z One kemmer, or several, could be skipped thus without ill effect. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z After a couple of weeks, prison officials were so concerned that they sent him to the state hospital for the mentally ill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “What shall you tell her?” asked Meg, full of curiosity to know his opinion of her, yet feeling ill at ease with him for the first time. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the increasing nastiness of those scribbled spells, he had refused to believe ill of the boy who had been so clever, who had helped him so much... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Even when I was gravely ill, I would crawl to school, and the teachers would send me back home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Too ill, in fact, to get out of bed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z While he was thinking of ill this he happened to look up through the branch :s toward the top of the tree. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Despite the lack of physical chemistry, her cousin-turned-husband lived up to his reputation as a compassionate and caring spouse who meant my grandmother no ill will. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Then Rush fell ill, and everyone waited to see what would happen. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Not unless every other Messenger suddenly fell ill.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Clancy’s posture relaxed, and when he touched me again, flicking my braid back over my shoulder, there was no ill will behind it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z No, I hadn’t been ill, not at all. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z An adult might be very ill from the sting, but a baby could easily die from the poison. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A gravely ill, bedridden Jenna would have no use for short red skirts or floppy flowered hats, or jewel-trimmed blouses, and that invalid picture had to be preserved for prying eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Have you taken ill? Even the slightest of sniffles?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One moment, the room was still, the next, Mother flew off the pillows and was violently ill, vomiting blood all over the bed and floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “In our house, there wasn’t a chair with four legs left whole for my ill grandmother to sit on,” she said. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Dark is the hour, yet maybe we shall return to the Golden Hall. But in Dunharrow the people may long defend themselves, and if the battle go ill, thither will come all who escape.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The name of Gotama, the Buddha, continually reached the ears of the young men, spoken of well and ill, in praise and in scorn. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z If they exist, perhaps we can eat a kilogram of them with no ill effects. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The files offered few insights about Mollie’s life, mentioning only that she was ill with diabetes and had secluded herself in her house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The friend who had pretended to be ill buried his share of the money in a tin box. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The room was too drafty; the meal was ill prepared; a housemaid had acted above her station; one of the other pupils wore rouge. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When she was a toddler, she became seriously ill after ingesting lighter fluid when she was left unattended. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and his wife fell ill with the fever on September 5, and left the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She is talking to me about one of her sisters, my aunt, who is seriously ill. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was always ill after a general anesthetic and didn’t want to brave the dark octopus again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A white doctor finally appeared and asked whether any of us was ill. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was Crouch pretending to be ill, if he could manage to get to Hogwarts when he wanted to? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Semi-starvation and neglected colds had predisposed most of the pupils to receive infection: forty-five out of the eighty girls lay ill at one time. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was this, I conceive, which led to the Shade’s being advised by the gallery to “turn over!”—a recommendation which it took extremely ill. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Celaena felt ill at the thought of what else might be asked of her, but she nodded. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “It makes me quite ill to think of it,” said Grandma Josephine. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I did not go above-decks today, being too ill; but those who did, say there are many sallow faces to be seen upon the fo’c’sles of other ships. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Gods be good, am I turning into Cerseif "That was ill done," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To rush my worries to a climax, my mother also became ill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We shall picture the man in question as lying ill in bed, if we know his person. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Go on, girl, he whispered, as the student, facing her implacable ill will, sighed and wept. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z After all, they had been kind to me and surely my father wouldn’t allow his daughter to be ill treated. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Jim had fallen ill a week after arriving at Williams and was fighting high fevers and chills. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He seemed ill at ease, and his eyes blinked nervously. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It is widely believed that since so many people came into extremely intimate contact with DDT and suffered no immediate ill effects the chemical must certainly be innocent of harm. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Charles and Emma were always worried when one of their children was ill, but it hit them especially hard when it was one who was already sickly. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Please," Sansa said, "I only meant ... it would be ill luck, Your Grace ... to, to kill a man on your name day." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Go bring her. It is ill to keep a lady waiting." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Someone, though, retrieved one of Anna’s earrings from her body and brought it to Mollie’s mother, who was too ill to venture to the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I would have left at once, but I was inconveniently ill. In the cold my lungs have been slow to clear.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Eril-Fane had said the problem posed no danger to them, and he could ill imagine that the Tizerkane general would leave his city for so long if it were under threat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The government, in order to keep Africans in the countryside or working in the mines, maintained that Africans were by nature a rural people, ill suited for city life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But I cannot tell how it will fall out, well or ill for us. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Mother! Is this offensive display of ill mannners one of the results of your association with those bowling Sicilians?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or,” she said without enthusiasm, “he is like a mentally ill criminal who should be locked up!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘And they who dwell beyond the Sea would not receive it: for good or ill it belongs to Middle-earth; it is for us who still dwell here to deal with it.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As it rose, he began to feel ill and nearly fainted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A boding of ill we thought it, my father and I, for no tidings had we heard of Boromir since he went away, and no watcher on our borders had seen him pass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Prisoners followed behind the doctor, removing the dead bodies, and another ill man would immediately take the newly vacated cot. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s not speak ill of the dead, no matter how hideous their fashion sense,” Taylor instructed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A letter with ill tidings was always preferable to no letter at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered young wives who got ill from sadness when their men went to the Bahamas or the Dominican Republic to cut sugarcane and were never heard from again. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He missed school and sent word that he was ill when it was known that he was walking all alone in the hills beyond the town. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Here we stay until all be well—or ill.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Those who feared thunder had felt ill that morning. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But Robert’s continuing ill health and his father’s own growing infirmity meant that little progress was made and Robert continued to be left largely to his own devices. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z One of its officials characterized the whole program as “ill advised, hastily conceived, poorly planned, and a glaring example of riding roughshod over the responsibilities of other public and private agencies.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Witch hysteria was spurred by overzealous clerics and simple factors such as envy and ill will among neighbors, but the trials were very real. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When my ill humor began to bother me and I felt uncomfortable in my own skin, I would go out hunting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, no, I don't think so. Her own secretary was suddenly taken ill and she wired to an agency for a substitute and they sent me." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Mind you, he did look ill, last time I saw him up close,” said Harry slowly, still reading the story. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And thus anyone who does not diagnose the ills when they arise in a principality is not really wise, and this talent is given to few men. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Blood flies swarmed about his corpse and carried his ill luck to the living. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He said he’d just got a letter begging him to come home, for Frank was very ill. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon my mother became so ill that she had to go to bed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you see that Jane,” said her aunt, “does not think so very ill of Wickham as to believe him capable of the attempt.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z For on that Saturday a young French sailor rooming at Richard Denny’s boarding house, over on North Water Street, was desperately ill with a fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much I could do to help her, because when she felt ill she didn’t like anyone to talk to her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just so. After your capers are concluded, you will help serve and pour. See that you do not spill on the guests, or it will go ill for you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The last few hours had dispelled much of the ill feeling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “You never shall be again,” broke in Laurie, putting his arm about her, as if to fence out every human ill. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But this night he felt ill at ease, a choirboy among cardinals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z More plausibly, he told of feeding his initial sample by eyedropper to a mouse, which showed no ill effects after ingesting what was then “the world supply” of heavy water. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Yes, I would tell him that I had been ill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The ill friend was lying under a blanket, his face covered and only his toes showing at the end. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Hans goes away, and years later Cady learns that he’s wound up in England, where he’s struggling with ill health. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z All three of the occupants became severely ill, and one of them died. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “But Madam Mina told me you were ill, that you had had a shock.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There were, as I recall, many misspelt, ill- formed sentences about how much in love the couple were, how wonderful the second footman was, and how marvellous the future was that awaited them both. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I once represented a mentally ill man on Alabama's death row named George Daniel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Antonapoulos was not ill any more, but a change had come in him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Don’t think ill of him,” Scythe Curie told Rowan and Citra, her voice mellifluous, yet sharp at the same time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Kali bent forward eagerly, quivering in her excitement, and at that moment as ill luck would have it the child woke, opened his weak, pinkish eyes, yawned and began to yell piercingly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the mistress of the house passed, her husband took ill. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z All his neighbors, though, were certain that it was a sign from heaven of his ill fortune. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z As if to emphasize the tenuousness of Levi Saunders’ existence, he became violently ill the day following his bar mitzvah and was taken by ambulance to the Brooklyn Memorial Hospital. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Ellen pretended to be very ill—her right arm was in a sling, and her right hand was bandaged, because she was supposed to have rheumatism. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain had only to look at him to see that the white knight was ill at ease. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Summer approached; Diana tried to cheer me: she said I looked ill, and wished to accompany me to the sea-side. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z None of this, of course, is even remotely possible in a country as ill governed as North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z An ill name is easier given than taken away. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Dr. Benjamin Rush looked about his neighborhood that day and found that there was not a single person ill on his block. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He was ill with some type of lung disease, but it was not diagnosed, as my father had never visited a doctor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, for she fell ill one winter and died before she was twenty.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It took them two hours to reach the monkey house, contending the whole way with ill- tempered commuters. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was about to cry out. My plan was ideal as all my plans are ideal. It was the moon’s ill timing that robbed me of perfection.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She felt ill now, too, looking into the burning eyes of the little girl who’d given her a life, and asking herself how...how she could just stand by and let her start a war. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was far more reassuring to go on imagining that Linus had taken ill on the plane to New York. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Take the sand upstairs. If the Commandant asks about Slave-Girl, tell her she’s taken ill and that I’m tending to her so she can get back to work.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But Avery Jenkins’s letters, handwritten in print so small I needed a magnifying glass to read them, convinced me that he had been very ill for a long time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her eyes landed on the gloomy hearth, where the odd crutch her gran had been carving when she had taken ill still stood half-whittled. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Who said his sister was a Squib? I thought she was ill?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We upholds the family’s honor, and we never speaks ill of them — though Professor Dumbledore told Dobby he does not insist upon this. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to part in any ill humor,” she said. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Nancy laughed; she had never been ill—not once. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In October he fell ill with fever and dysentery and was hospitalized for eleven days, during which he lost considerable weight and passed his time reading Atlanta newspapers and playing chess with other boys. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Hold your tongue! I have swallowed your insults to me for the sake of our quest, but you will not speak ill of another.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z But it was darker here, with the trees thick overhead, and festering with dampness and an odor of ill health. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried not to take it personally—how many mentally ill, lower-class high school girls could there be in Indiana? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He looked wild as well as ill, a sheen of sweat on his brow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “If I shall not be Monsieur de Trop, I will so gladly see them all. You haf been ill, my friend?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “There, Saint Crispin,” he said when he came into view, a great grin on his red-bearded face, “now you can see that for good or ill, I always keep my word.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She fretted over me, saying, “Ophelia, I fear your brain is overheated and the vapors have made you ill. Do you know me?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I’m ill and can’t see him until I’m well,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He believed that he was one of the few physicians still seeing the nearly 6,000 persons then ill with the fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z For example, she knew that her father was not ill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Our grandmother was took ill yesterday. They went to see her, and while they was out, the flood come.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The next day she fell ill and was confined to bed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Harry thought she looked drawn, even ill, and there was something forced in her smile. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Grant does not have the appearance of a great general; he looks awkward, ill at ease, and carelessly dressed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It certainly looked as though he had been ill. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And the other kids still treated him like he was the one who was ill, especially since Harry and his cronies had singled him out. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “My mother—died—before my memory. My stepmother was a good woman but troubled and ill. My father was a stern, fine man—maybe a great man.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The following morning Wlasich complained that he felt ill and then lost consciousness; a Norwegian doctor who happened to be present determined that the Austrian was suffering from both pulmonary and cerebral edema. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z One day I would become ill or another storm would rage against the island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s Max de Winter,” she said, “the man who owns Manderley. You’ve heard of it, of course. He looks ill, doesn’t he? They say he can’t get over his wife’s death...” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His father was still deathly ill, lying down in the larger canoe that followed him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He now regretted letting me have the big operation, because it seemed to him that afterward I was constantly ill. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He returned home to his wife and two children several hours later, visibly ill. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "They may not mean me ill. Men have looked at women since time began, perhaps it is no more than that." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The thought of skiing in America makes me quite ill,” Alexa said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That would have gone ill, especially when their gifts were still volatile and not fully under their control. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But the nickname I heard the most often was, unfortunately, dreamed up by one of my mentally ill keeplocks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You w ill care when we’re forced to live in a much worse place, when we can’t make our mortgage payments,” he said, perfectly reasonably. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He had apologized that his wife could not attend because she was feeling ill. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Avert!” said Vetch, turning his left hand in the gesture that turns aside the ill chance spoken of. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “If she is really ill, why not go to Bath, Mr. Weston?—To Bath, or to Clifton?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z ‘But if you can only speak ill of those who showed you mercy, keep silent!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I saw people driving around in their cars, going about their business, not aware that they just passed by a hospital that was filled with children who were ill or near death. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As he lay ill with scarlet fever in the attic of a woman he did not really know, the last remnants of his former world were dissolving in Spokane. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My terror, as I lay there, of falling ill, and being unfitted for to-morrow, was so besetting, that I wonder it did not disable me of itself. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "She's never without her favorite comb. Her grandmother gave it to her a year before she grew ill. She wore it everywhere. Even in the bathing tubs." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “There’s no point in a quarantine if the entire world is ill.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lots and appoint a new one. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, but you say that God gives us freedom. Does he not also give us in nature the means to make ourselves well or ill?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For good or ill, I know what I am going to do. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “He was ill when I was playing in that match.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Yes, Madam. I don’t think she is physically ill, Madam, it’s just the shock of Mrs. de Winter being found. She was very devoted to Mrs. de Winter.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When Lyra thought of his lithe golden shape, she felt ill with fear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Once when he was very ill Samuel asked, “Liza, couldn’t I have a glass of whisky to ease me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But that afternoon draftsman Paul Starrett encountered Root in one of the Rookery’s elevators “looking ill.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A few years after the war ended, Elizebeth made a surprise visit to one of her neighbors—a woman she barely knew, who was ill. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “She wears herself out over people like Widow Brown, and honestly, Mercy, if Mother were ill how many of them do you think would lift a finger to help?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “He cried when he saw how Gawaine was spared. It made him remember things, and be became so wretched that he was ill.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She needed to do something so impressive that it would overshadow any rumors about her birth—something so incredible that no one would dare speak ill of her family. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Even if it was because her partner was chronically ill and that meant she’d have to share credit. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls had disturbed his equilibrium, put him ill at ease. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When a woman fell ill, Klanswomen looked after her children and brought covered dishes for the family. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Please, I am very ill. It is my stomach. May I take the rest of the day off and visit the infirmary?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the nation was formed into a more unified whole in 1787, “the Union had received them with all the ill habits about them.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Nor did I ever stop watching for signs that I might be on my way to ill. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Sanjeev felt ill, as if he had eaten either too much or too little. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘I fear he had ill tidings to record in a fair hand,’ said Gandalf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In 1937 they sent up an emergency flare for help; this brought them Laslett, one of Lawrence’s most valued assistants, who advised them that their magnet had been ill designed and misengineered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Just as surely she knew that Adam Trask was ill, for she had seen him walking along the street. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When the doctor came to visit, he declared that the baby was not dangerously ill. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, you,” she said, stroking my cheek, “are my sweetest gift. The life surprise that soothed all my ills and gave me my greatest joys. I feel so blessed you are mine.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Things would have gone ill with Sam, if he had been alone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At once I exulted and feared; for now, for good or ill, the end was near. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He sat ill at ease on one of the kitchen chairs talking to Katie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was she saying I was seriously ill? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Her younger daughter with Ernest, Anna, whom a relative had been raising since Mollie became seriously ill, had died. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In fact, there are more than three times the number of seriously mentally ill individuals in jail or prison than in hospitals; in some states that number is ten times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Taking a cue from Kari’s book, McCandless started to dig and eat wild potato roots on June 24, apparently without ill effect. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was content to stay at Maer Hall with Elizabeth, playing the piano, reading, doing needlework, and taking care of their beloved mother, who was bed-ridden and very ill. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d fallen ill after a trip to New Orleans to negotiate with a delegation of trading agents from Liverpool and to visit his disgraceful haven. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “What happened, Harry? What happened? Is he ill? But you can cure him, can’t you?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She was not at home enough, though, even to fall ill. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He declared that every patient had to pay eighty cents, except for women, children, the truly poor, and anyone seriously ill. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z And after Mr. Shears had gone to work she made a telephone call to the office and took what is called Compassionate Leave, which is when someone in your family dies or is ill. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She thought she was going to be ill. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Frodo was ill again in March, but with a great effort he concealed it, for Sam had other things to think about. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She read a few pages rapidly and almost became ill with excitement. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She would sometimes become so distraught and ill that her sisters would have to find a relative to take her to the hospital. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He fell ill just before the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and almost missed that major moment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Later in life, she said that this was because her mother was ill. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But his body felt hot and weak, as if he were ill. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” I told him, even more troubled and ill at ease. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Tandy. I don’t want you to think ill of your parents. I probably should have kept my foolish mouth shut.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Some day, when times improve, says Aunt Lydia, no one w ill have to be an Econowife. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sunday morning, Uncle Vernon sat down at the breakfast table looking tired and rather ill, but happy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “But enough; it is wrong for me to speak ill of her.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z ‘No, that was not thrown by Saruman,’ he said; ‘nor even at his bidding, I think. It came from a window far above. A parting shot from Master Wormtongue, I fancy, but ill aimed.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Rumor had it she was proud, arrogant, and ill, which only increased the general sympathy for the count, who gained a reputation as a patient, long-suffering husband. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As a young man, Dorus had once walked forty-five miles and become seriously ill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He thinks he will always be mentally ill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He said that he counseled members over the problems the job seemed to cause—alcoholism, divorce, wife and child abuse, ill health. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In April, Theo acknowledges to another sister, Lies, that he’s been ill, “particularly in my spirit, and have had a great struggle with myself.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Nigro couldn’t take time off from his teaching schedule to accompany him, nor could Regina leave her job and studies, especially since she’d been home ill with a chronic lung problem for three weeks. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In Rachel's mind, every ill that befell her was the work of someone else. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Chubs let out a low moan and said, “I think I’m going to be ill.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I forgive you, child. We in the peerage are forgiving. Your poor mother used to be known for her ill breeding too.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Trainer George Mohr remembered that Woolf sometimes rode while appearing strangely ashen, while Woolf’s friend Sonny Greenberg recalled incidents in which he found the rider slumped in the jockeys’ room, too ill to speak. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She had once come into his barn and discovered jockey Farrell Jones lying on a cot in the cold, drafty tack room, desperately ill with an infection. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I mistrusted her no longer, I was afraid of her no more, but the sight of her sobbing there, dry-eyed, made me shudder, made me ill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Even considering that all had been considered terminally ill when treated, Stone thought this a dismal outcome and recommended that the therapy be discarded. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z What deep readings his modified sensibility might make of human suffering, of the self-destructive folly or sheer bad luck that drive men toward ill health! Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “He’s ill. Can you ... ? “Can I see to it that he is given his share of whatever Bridgebane provides? Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy said: “I do neither good nor great ill, what?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially because of his ill health, Hooke’s formal education was neglected. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: I don’t believe you ever were ill. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “You seem determined to think ill of him.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Once she cured an old man who was very ill indeed. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She felt an intense need to explain herself, to make sure Mia did not think ill of her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was shocked to see that Kevin’s body was placed in the ICU with five other critically ill patients, even though he was dead! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My mother became too ill to work and I began to do chores in the neighborhood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We moved house, put it about she was ill, and my mother looked after her, and tried to keep her calm and happy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When he heard that the King was ill and that Rabscuttle had done all he wanted, El-ahrairah set to work to disguise himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of little Tidbit sweating and working in the dangerous swampy water made Polly feel ill. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t part from me in any ill humor. I never knew you to be out of patience with me before.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z It was the fact that Malfoy did, after all, look a little ill. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was nearly nine o’clock when Squealer made his appearance, walking slowly and dejectedly, his eyes dull, his tail hanging limply behind him, and with every appearance of being seriously ill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Reek felt ill at the very thought of it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They seemed frightened and ill at ease, and somehow Jane and Michael realised that the two huge sisters were wishing that they were much smaller and less conspicuous. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The smell of the thick cream made him a little ill, but he forced himself to eat some. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He felt ill at ease, speaking as if he himself were a war-leader in a council hall, but soon the words began to come easier. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They were all in such a state of ill repair that Anya probably could have snapped them all with just her hands. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I promise not to die, but with these two beautiful ladies nursing me, I may decide to remain ill for a long, long time.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “I must refuse,” answered Taran with a smile that ill concealed his anxiety. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Those residing in ghetto communities were particularly ill equipped to adapt to the seismic changes taking place in the U.S. economy; they were left isolated and jobless. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I do? Where? Not back to the Dead Land?” said Gregor, feeling a little ill. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Barbarossa slumped into his chair with the sigh of a mortally ill man. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I just lay there trying to look very ill, but my heart was singing out with all sorts of wonderful songs of praise and joy. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The editorialists suggested John Kwang, among others, as someone who could bring a fresh face to confront the city’s ills, a politician who could better understand the needs of the rapidly changing populace. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If Cathy comes home unexpectedly, I can tell her I’m ill. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Because somebody calls the Cook County Board of Health and reports that a fifteen-year-old boy attending University High School has been home ill for three weeks. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When my mom turned twenty-one, her aunt fell ill and that family could no longer keep her in Transkei. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At first, when I was so ill in the hospital, I could forgo being imprinted. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I told her that desperation led you to seek death. I do not think she believes me. She knows that you stole the mandrake, but she bears you no ill will,” Horatio whispered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “If you kept me from working that long, I’d fall ill from shock.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Many of those who traditionally kept such count—ministers, sextons, and city officials—had either fled the city or been ill themselves. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He was plainly dressed and looking ill at ease among the courtiers hoping to catch the king's eye with their finery. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But she did not dial; she felt too listless and ill to want anything: a burden which closed off the future and any possibilities which it might once have contained. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I was vaguely ill at ease all through that long and heavy meal. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z In Riverside, California, eleven out of thirty men picking oranges became violently ill and all but one had to be hospitalized. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Speak no ill of the dead. The prince paid a ghastly price for what he did.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You must not have heard, Brother Spencer. Their pa took ill over in New York and they moved back there about six months ago.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Twilight is closing in and I am ill at ease. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He had help in this effort from several people, including publisher Louis Austin, who, though aging and in ill health, was as pugnacious as ever. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They were spun in a giant centrifuge to a degree that would make most people severely ill. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z So I became ill of affirmation, of saying "yes" against the nay-saying of my stomach—not to mention my brain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was happy, relaxed, self-assured, pleased as punch, like someone who had been terminally ill and, when all seemed lost, had been cured by some wonder drug and was now ready to conquer the world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you not know that these things chase you past the doors of death? The ills of one life will affect you in the next.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Shall we ask him why a man of sense and education, and who has lived in the world, is ill qualified to recommend himself to strangers?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He was given a leave of absence for ill health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet he had always been extremely busy and productive, even when he was ill. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, there is feeling here.—He does seem to have suffered in finding her ill.—Certainly, I can have no doubt of his being fond of her. ‘ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Still looks ill, doesn’t he?” said Ron as they walked down the corridor, heading to dinner. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Ser Kevan. Forgive me if you can. I bear you no ill will. This was not done from malice. It was for the realm. For the children.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had hoped to work from home, but that was impossible when her mother was so ill. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She was so ill and depressed she could not even get downstairs until one o’clock. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m working in the priory kitchen now. They might need me more if Sister Fenella’s ill.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid Mrs. Henry is very ill,” she said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “I remember I entertained a great objection to your adversary, because I took it ill that he should be brought here to pester me with his company.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Mordred,” he said, “for dear sakes, hearken reason. Ye’ll be a brave hind and let it bide? I am the elder of ye, and can see what ill will come.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And it seemed to him that was just why he was previously so ill—because he could love nothing and nobody. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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