Having spent five months in bed, I was over the acute stage and was allowed three months convalescence. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Lord Ashburton, whom we had been led to suppose out of danger, made no progress in convalescence and then began to sink. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
Moreover, each several motion takes its name rather from the goal than from the starting-point of change, e.g. motion to health we call convalescence, motion to disease sickening. From Wordnik.com. [Physics] Reference
Don’t worry, once your convalescence is complete we’ll have you back in the community. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2009 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
His convalescence was a miracle, but the first use he made of it was to assure himself that such miracles happen but once. From Wordnik.com. [The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1] Reference
You see, if one gets on too quickly it's so difficult to fill in the time at the end if the convalescence is a long one. ". From Wordnik.com. [Mufti] Reference
But now, in the later stages of Hamil's rapid convalescence which is characteristic of a healthy recovery from that unpleasant malady. From Wordnik.com. [The Firing Line] Reference
"convalescence," he'd be lucky to get assigned even the Dangler story. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
I trust you, but you deserve a peaceful convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Haystack] Reference
Solara cabin during his entire period of convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
With convalescence comes another childhood, so to speak. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"You want me to go home for my convalescence?" asked Orne. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Haystack] Reference
We'd seen her in the convalescence home a few days earlier. From Wordnik.com. [GRANDMA FLYNN] Reference
Many fear he will grow depressed if he faces a long convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Flying Pope Gets Grounded] Reference
If I urged the feebleness of my health and tardy convalescence, he insisted that. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
A neighbor had brought it in to Lois during the first month of her convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
During the first days of convalescence he was so weak that death seemed preferable. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Toward the end of his convalescence, in June, 1871, the brother and sister resolved to make. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And, what is very remarkable, her convalescence was more rapid than on any former occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
From that blessed night her convalescence was much more rapid than anyone had thought possible. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er] Reference
These sources say the treatment and convalescence period could last for three months -- or more. From Wordnik.com. [Sex And The City] Reference
The crisis passed safely by dint of loving care and good nursing, but her convalescence was slow. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
All through my convalescence I have pondered how I could best avenge my mother's wrongs, and my own. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
White House officials said the president would rely on non-narcotic medications during convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Feels His Pain] Reference
During this forced convalescence, the freshman senator reinvented himself as a serious student of policy. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of Policymaking] Reference
In 1989, critic Leonard Feather visited her house in California and asked her how she spent her convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Scat Lady] Reference
The soldiers in the Capital hospitals, dragging through the weary weeks of convalescence, know that face well. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
During convalescence, he suffered an unexpected relapse, and his mother and the doctor worked hard to keep him alive. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Nevertheless, a globule of Apis 30 may sometimes hasten the convalescence of the patient, and otherwise afford relief. From Wordnik.com. [Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent] Reference
But she bucks the constraints of convalescence -- death in life for her -- longing for the vitality and danger of the city. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Scenes: Mrs. Dalloway's Close-Up] Reference
The amenorrhea from exhaustive diseases will usually correct itself with, or soon after, the establishment of convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
During the period of my convalescence, I was advised to return to my home in the country and spend much time riding horseback. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
Ovitz would show up, having cut short the start of his own family's long-planned vacation cruise to take over my convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [Running The Mouse House] Reference
Besides, the time spent in convalescence may be employed by that fertile brain of yours in devising some scheme for the future. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
The patient, during convalescence should not go out, except after his bath and in fine sunny weather, till he feels quite well. From Wordnik.com. [Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms] Reference
In the days of Kiddie's convalescence, Rube learnt many a lesson in scoutcraft; lessons which he hastened to put into practice. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Elisabeth had written to ask if he might come down to Sunnyside, suggesting that the sea-breezes might advance his convalescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
She had not been permitted to talk much during her convalescence, and Olive had as yet gleaned only a general outline of her story. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
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