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- noun Plural form of
ail . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ail .
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Examples
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"You – you — What in heaven's name ails you, Richard?"
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'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
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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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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This idea is a snake oil remedy incapable of curing what supposedly "ails" the DNR: politics.
unknown title 2009
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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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