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'ill' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'ill' with 20 example sentences.


ill adjective

: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

: resulting in suffering or adversity

: distressing

: indicating hostility or enmity

: presaging ill fortune

ill adverb

: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

: unfavorably or with disapproval

: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

ill noun

: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining


  • I don't want to speak ill of the dead.
  • Because of you I got ill.
  • I've never heard her speak ill of others.
  • Never speak ill of others behind their backs.
  • She was very old and ill.
  • The people in the village fell ill one after another.
  • My mother is seriously ill.
  • She is very shy and feels ill at ease at parties.
  • He fell ill three years ago.
  • She could not come because she was ill.
  • He makes it a rule never to speak ill of others.
  • He is absent from school because he is ill.
  • A newborn baby is liable to fall ill.
  • The rock concert was called off because the singer fell ill.
  • My pet dog was seriously ill.
  • The people here are very ill!
  • He is always complaining of ill treatment.
  • Don't speak ill of your classmates.
  • They spoke ill of the captain in his absence.
  • Mr Brown was ill back then.
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