chairbound

Henry suspected that, panicked by the loneliness and debased status of the early months of widowhood, she was already looking for a second husband and was beginning to realize that a seventeen-year-old chairbound son was an obstacle to be carefully weighed by likely candidates against her late husband's money, her own ageing and desperate sexuality.

She Closed Her Eyes 2010

It progressed very swiftly; within three months he was chairbound.

She Closed Her Eyes 2010

Enlightened, I thought back to the previous week at Doncaster, seeing in memory Angelo giving a racecard to an elderly chairbound man.

Twice shy Francis, Dick, 1920- 1981

There are programs for just about everyone - for the homebound, for the chairbound, for people who need to get restarted after a health setback.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Lenny Bernstein 2011

Leo has Parkinson's disease and is virtually chairbound.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Judith Woods 2011

Leo has Parkinson's disease and is virtually chairbound.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Judith Woods 2011

For the first time passengers are treated as customers, rather than chairbound invalids to be fed at times and with the foods on their diet sheets.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

For the first time passengers are treated as customers, rather than chairbound invalids to be fed at times and with the foods on their diet sheets.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

He imagines that entire families -- grandpa, grandma, father, mother, and kids -- are chairbound and slippered as they gather around

Recidivism. 2009

At the time, I was also chairbound with a severely sprained ankle and so I wasn’t going anywhere anyhow.

The New Book at SF Novelists 2010