frail
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During that time, people from every corner of the world online seemed to take every opportunity to scrutinize every contour of her frail frame.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Their mother was mentally sharp but physically frail, barely able to walk to the mailbox and back, they told deputies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
However, it's important to note that personal care takes in things like helping frail elderly people wash and dress and go to the toilet.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“People have a very difficult time putting themselves in their own future, in their more frail bodies,” Geber said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ho Chi Minh, a frail figure in his mid-fifties, with a wispy gray goatee, stepped toward the microphone.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
That made it possible for older, frailer patients to survive with “mini-transplants.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
This previously manifested through mostly vibes-based measures: Does his voice sound a little frailer?
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
“The man is frailer than he looks,” Dan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
It raises questions of the drug's "real-world" effectiveness in older, frailer people with multiple health conditions, and even "mixed" dementia which could be part Alzheimer's and part another disease.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024
When she returned to us in January, Grandma was even frailer, and she needed to be on oxygen all the time.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
These tend to be the sickest and frailest patient - and this wait comes after they have already waited to be seen in the first place after arriving at A&E.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
Unable to speak, Qawasmi, 24, is the frailest of the six.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021
But the frailest spot on the island remained catastrophically exposed: Home Farm, a 40-bed nursing home for people with dementia.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2020
At Life Care, where elderly and sick people come to heal from broken hips and strokes, or simply to live out their frailest years, the death toll has continued to climb.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2020
He was kneeling by the Zanies, the frailest ones, the fuse-points; both of them lay huddled up on the floor.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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