Ailing
Ailing adjective - Chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health.
Usage example: when his ailing wife had to go to a nursing home, he visited her every day
Well
Well adjective - Enjoying health and vigor.
Usage example: my mother is quite well, thank you
Nearby Word: welled
Both words in one sentence
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In A Face in the Crowd, Lonesome Rhodes is already well-established as a pompous TV entertainer when he decides to use his popularity to bolster a Senator's ailing political campaign.
Source: Pompous Political Pundit -
Heroic Sacrifice: Barr saves the life of his family with a difficult magic spell, knowing full well that his ailing heart probably can't take the strain.
Source: Comic Book / Saga -
Adults moving in with their ailing parents seems to be fairly unusual as well.
Source: Basement-Dweller
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