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  • noun Plural form of ail.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ail.

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Examples

  • "You – you — What in heaven's name ails you, Richard?"

    The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921

  • 'What in Heaven's name ails you?' gasped the young man as soon as he could find words and utterance.

    The Dynamiter Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • I bring this up because there must be many other people just coming to grips with what 'ails' them.

    Michael B. Laskoff: Matt Morgan, You're My Hero - What One Wrestler Taught Me About ADHD 2009

  • “What in heaven’s name ails the horses?” asked Parson Ledbury, observing how they pawed the earth and whinnied.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • “What in heaven’s name ails the horses?” asked Parson Ledbury, observing how they pawed the earth and whinnied.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • “What in heaven’s name ails the horses?” asked Parson Ledbury, observing how they pawed the earth and whinnied.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • “What in heaven’s name ails the horses?” asked Parson Ledbury, observing how they pawed the earth and whinnied.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • “What in heaven’s name ails the horses?” asked Parson Ledbury, observing how they pawed the earth and whinnied.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • This idea is a snake oil remedy incapable of curing what supposedly "ails" the DNR: politics.

    unknown title 2009

  • What in the devil's name ails your assistants, Marston -- particularly Crenshaw? "

    The Cab of the Sleeping Horse John Reed Scott

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