grave illness

collocation in English

meaningsofgraveandillness

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grave
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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illness
noun
uk
/ˈɪl.nəs/us
/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofgraveandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrave illness

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Secondly, we have the case of a woman in the terminal stages of agraveillness.
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Nicotinic acid used as described greatly improves the outcome of schizophrenia which is still a verygraveillness.
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Nothing was more striking than the surge of sympathy at the time of hisgraveillnesssome months ago.
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He became blind at the age of 11 after agraveillness.
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Many people questioned whether he still had capacity to govern, due to hisgraveillnessand the ballooning political unrest.
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The counseling was to be voluntary and could be reimbursed more often if agraveillnessoccurred.
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This vow is for perpetual abstinence from all meat and dairy products, except in case ofgraveillnessand by order of a physician.
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He released three albums between 1968 and 1972, and a number of singles, but struck by agraveillness, he abandoned his musical career.
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In 1696, her spouse was afflicted with agraveillness, and after he recovered, he turned to a religious life, in which she followed him.
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Rumors circulated that he had suffered a heart attack, and within twenty-four hours, newspapers, television, and radio all over the country reported news of hisgraveillness.
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