indisposition

Her indisposition was a symptom that she was with child.

Anna Karenina 2003

I attribute all my present indisposition, which is losing me time, spirits, everything, to two fits of close application and neglect of all exercise while I was at

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

His majesty a few days after was taken ill; and it appears that his indisposition was a return of his former malady, brought on by the Catholic question and the resignation of the premier.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

The thought at once assailed me that the cause of her indisposition might be her ill-requited love.

June 18th. Part I.—Letters from My Nephew 1917

My dear, your indisposition is the voice of nature.

Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea Langdon Elwyn Mitchell 1898

Her indisposition was a symptom that she was with child.

Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 1869

I AM sorry, my dearest grandmamma, you have all been so much alarmed by an indisposition which is already gone off.

Sir Charles Grandison 2006

There are usually general symptoms such as indisposition, disturbed sleep, grinding of the teeth, fretfulness, languor, loss of weight and anæmia.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

A letter of Mr. Philbrick's, written early in October, speaks of Captain Hooper's "indisposition" as having cut down "the trio of tough ones" to himself and

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson

Another droll sort of "indisposition," thought to be peculiar to the slaves, and which must greatly affect their value, as compared with free laborers, is described by Dr. Cartwright, as follows:

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy 1856