recovered
freed from illness or injury
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,969 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,140 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- freed from illness or injury also: cured, healed the patient appears curedthe incision is healed
- found after being lost
recovered in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But I recovered, for my hour is not yet.
The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story · H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard · Chapter 1
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Thanks to his kind hosts, the Prince soon recovered his strength.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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Somewhat intimidated by Mlle. Gilberte’s first look, he had now fully recovered his wits.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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If heat or cold may mitigate your anguish, I'll burn, I'll freeze, but you shall be recovered.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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My raft and all the goods thereon were overset: yet I recovered most again at low water.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1