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adjective

recovering

returning to health after illness or debility

In a sentence

Six example sentences with recovering, each labelled with its topic.

  • A recovering athlete needs sleep and protein far more than another hour of grinding through the same drills.

    Fitness

  • Group sessions help a recovering patient rebuild the ordinary routines that a long hospital stay quietly dismantles.

    Psychology

  • Still recovering from dengue, she postponed the trek and spent the week reading in a hammock near the coast.

    Travel

  • A recovering patient on the cardiac ward walks the corridor twice daily before anyone discusses sending her home.

    Medicine

  • The recovering forward shot free throws alone for a month before the doctors cleared him to run.

    Basketball

  • A recovering singer, still hoarse from surgery, hummed through rehearsals and saved her full voice for opening night.

    Music

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