Explore Nursed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like suckled. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nursed meaning
simple past and past participle of nurse
Synonyms of Nursed
Using Nursed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of nurse
- Useful related words include: suckled, breast-fed.
- In the example corpus, nursed often appears in combinations such as: and nursed, nursed back, nursed him.
Context around Nursed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nursed
- In this selection, "nursed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unknowingly, long, happily, enmity, cups and deep stand out and add context to how "nursed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2020 and nursed it back and as she nursed an injury. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nursed" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nursed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All is calm, especially the happily nursed stock market. (9 words)
They nursed cups of hot coffee and a few high-gravity beers. (12 words)
He nursed a desire to produce a ‘Mr India’ in bodybuilding if he had a son. (16 words)
Dunlop stretched his lead to 22 seconds by the end of the fourth lap and nursed the Honda home to claim his first Superbike TT win since 2018 – his eighth success in total in the showpiece class. (37 words)
A man who achieved his late father's 'life's goal' of finding his long lost family discovered his cousin unknowingly nursed his father in hospital and lived just down the road. (32 words)
She added: "In the past, when people were ill or dying, they were nursed within the home, but over time, through medical advancements and innovations, it's become very clinical and detached. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
After being rescued by Hawkeye and nursed back to health, Lucky became a permanent fixture in the lives of both Clint Barton and Kate Bishop.
Alonso managed the gap to keep Hamilton out of the DRS zone, and nursed his tyres and brakes to yet another second place finish.
A man who achieved his late father's 'life's goal' of finding his long lost family discovered his cousin unknowingly nursed his father in hospital and lived just down the road.
Dunlop stretched his lead to 22 seconds by the end of the fourth lap and nursed the Honda home to claim his first Superbike TT win since 2018 – his eighth success in total in the showpiece class.
Mr. McCarthy’s total defeat may be the only concession that appeases the defectors, some of whom have nursed enmity toward him for years.
The All-SEC forward was unable to play as she nursed an injury that she suffered last week at the SEC tournament in Pensacola, Florida.
They nursed cups of hot coffee and a few high-gravity beers.
After being cared for and nursed back to health for five months, the dogs are ready to find loving homes.
He nursed a desire to produce a ‘Mr India’ in bodybuilding if he had a son.
I do, however, know that Mr. Cameron has long nursed deep grudges against me for reasons that have been published in various media.
Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen had cultivated the online following after they found Molly, a male magpie, abandoned in 2020 and nursed it back to heath at their home.
Several of the Warriors are now going to have time to heal up, including Campbell, who nursed a sore shoulder for most of the season, according to Afoa.
She added: "In the past, when people were ill or dying, they were nursed within the home, but over time, through medical advancements and innovations, it's become very clinical and detached.
Subsequently, after his many health problems, I nursed him to the best of my ability until he died, a couple of months ago.
When another three wickets went down for 31 runs, Sahibzada again nursed the innings back to health in a 54-run, unbroken seventh wicket stand with Linde.
A Canadian rafter rescued a coyote pup during a trip in Saskatchewan and nursed it back to health.
All is calm, especially the happily nursed stock market.
A similar trend with Sars and Mers — earlier coronavirus outbreaks — showed 20 percent and 60 percent of recovered patients also nursed issues related to pulmonary fibrosis.
She was slowly nursed back to health with regular blood tests, CT scans to ensure that her lungs were healing and ultrasounds to ensure the pup was developing normally.
TikTok nursed me back to health after I spent a weekend in November on the fourth floor of the NorthShore University HealthSystem hospital following a particularly bad bout of tonsilitis.
Common combinations with nursed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: