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Examples of bed rest in a Sentence
The doctor prescribed bed rest for a month.
Recent Examples on the Web
Studies have shown that living for a significant amount of time in microgravity can have the same kinds of effects on the body as being confined to bed rest, including a loss of bone and muscle mass.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2023
Like Cindy, their daughter, Jackie, had a high-risk pregnancy and ended up on bed rest.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
The highly contagious disease, which has no treatment other than bed rest, fluids and fever control, is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable infant mortality, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
The width of the platform that the bed rests on also cleverly corresponds with the width of the entertainment center, visually suggesting a spatial continuity between the two rooms that is reinforced by the glass wall.
—Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 6 June 2023
The Poosh founder is reportedly on bed rest (as noted in an Instagram from Kim earlier this week) after being hospitalized in early September.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
Medication, bed rest, or hospitalization may be advised in other cases.
—Jackie Terribile, Parents, 18 Sep. 2023
When Afrika Gupton-Jones was on bed rest in the hospital, after developing high blood pressure at 28 weeks of pregnancy, her husband was with her day and night.
—Sarah Kliff, New York Times, 6 May 2023
Their other sister Kourtney, who is expecting a baby boy with husband Travis Barker, was on bed rest and could not attend the event.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined above
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“Bed rest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bed%20rest. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
Medical Definition
bed rest
noun
: confinement of a sick person to bed
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