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And his violently ill mistress was forced to rise from her sickbed, lace herself into her ball gown, hang diamonds from her ears and throat, powder and rouge her face, and most important, paint a smile on her pained mouth. — Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman
She never left her sickbed, her “dying bed,” as she said. — John Adams by David McCullough
Men came to meet him as he lay in his sickbed, one finding him “cool and powerful, but generous and kind hearted.” The violence over, Bowie quickly reverted to his normal cordial and winning manner, though obviously strained by the pain of his multiple wounds. — Three Roads to Alamo
Unless you're not planning to visit him in his sickbed, you're not going to be able to hide that you're working. — Johansen, Iris - Stalemate
“One who laughs such on his sickbed is an impossible, stubborn fool, Momu-don,” Atsubo said. — Challenging Destiny #19