And now--well, this was full tide; he could not let counsel stand there wondering what ailed him.
What ailed her, going overboard for that bundle of bad luck?
There was nothingailed him," he said to Ethelyn, when she asked what was the matter, and accused him of being positively cross.
Ethie was looking very pale, and there were dark rings around her eyes, showing that she suffered, even if Mrs. Markham did assert there was nothing ailed her but spleen.
He asked her what ailed her and she said, "O my son, look at my boy who standeth yonder.
She saw what was to do with him and was assured that he had witnessed what befel her when she was a white bird and was trodden by the black bird; yet she discovered naught to him but concealed what ailed her.
She's tired," murmured Mary-Clare, but she knew that that was not what ailed Noreen.
Thomas Northrup didn't know whatailed her and I don't wonder.
Since then I’ve only had dogs and horses to nurse when they weren’t well, for nothing ever ailed granfer.
Nell watched until the last trail of steam had disappeared round the bend in the valley, then, remembering that Joey Trip was unwell, she went to the house to ask what ailed him.
Immediately after her interview with Charlotte Harman, Mrs. Home went upstairs to learn from the grave lips of the medical man what ailed her boy, and what a hard fight for life or death he had before him.
Was it possible that her father had done something wrong long ago in his life, and that the remembrance of that wrong--that sin--was what ailed him now?
Mike McInerney: What ailed me that I did not summons yourself after you stealing away the clutch of eggs I had in the barrel, and I away in Ardrahan searching out a clocking hen.
I believe one thing that ailed Josiah Allen wuz he didn't want me to get up and get my feet so cold).
Denis at my elbow, did not cease to assure me, tremulously, that there was nothing ailed the man, that he was a stranger, and that it would be as good for us to go home.
When I dressed Mrs. Brympton for dinner she remarked on my pale looks and asked what ailed me.
I was so afflicted that at last my landlady, who is very kind and sympathetic, asked me what ailed me.
But I always suspected it was a stratagem on his part to avoid playing, and that nothing really ailed him.
The worthy old dame had not been slow to mark what ailed me; nay, if Cousin Maud had not besought her to spare my sorrowing soul, she long since had revealed to me what peril hung over Herdegen.
Nay, for the first time it was a torment to me to sing, and when the notables had all been sent forth, and I was alone with the Queen and her ladies, I knew not what ailed me but I burst into tears, hot and bitter tears.
He pretended to be perfectly cheerful, and did not tell his friend what ailed him.
The boy kissed his mother, and, shaking his head as if denying that anything ailed him, said in a voice hovering between a falsetto and a bass, "I am as well as my young dogs.
The groom informed him that his black horse rattled in the throat and foamed at the mouth; that he was sick, and they could not tell what ailed him.
Pa heard the commotion and came running up to the cage to find out what ailed the lion.
In vain she tried to hide or check her tears; Rachel saw Mary's grief, and forgetting at once her own troubles, she kindly sat down by the young girl, and asked what ailed her.
This simple question obtaining no reply, Rachel repeated it; still Mary remained silent, but when a third time Rachel gently said: "Mary what was it ailed you?
On entering I found her lying prostrate in the pavilion, speaking not nor answering any, whilst the Commander of the Faithful sat by her head not knowing what ailed her and finding none who could make known to him aught of her ailment.
A renowned doctor came from the metropolis and pressed her to say what ailed her.
Forgetting her news in her anxiety, she threw herself at Rowena's feet, and besought her to say what ailed her.
She wondered what ailed it to faint in the cool of the morning, when the earth was yet damp with early rain.
At length she confided to her friends that since doctors differed so widely, and she could obtain no satisfaction as to what ailed her, she had resolved to go to town and consult one of the Queen's physicians.
The doctor told me of an old maiden lady who consulted him, and who, when he prescribed in a general way, insisted on knowing exactly what ailed her.
Mr. Holt observed that the landlord's daughter looked very ill, and, posing as a medical student, asked what ailed her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ailed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
