Ailed
[eɪl]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Ail
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Examples
- What ailed you that you could not agree? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He thought so long as a woman was silent nothing ailed her, and she wanted nothing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was serious, and in her wish was implied an important admission; after that she could no longer affirm that _nothing_ ailed her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What ailed Don Quixote was that he and his contemporaries wanted different things; the only ideals that count are those which express the possible development of an existing force. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And what ailed the chestnut tree? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I replied, that nothing ailed me save anxiety of mind, which I hoped soon to alleviate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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