frail
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Frail but alert and smiling, the two made their last public appearance together in September when they were driven around the Plains Peanut Festival.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2023
Frail individuals only survived to age 36, whereas people with healed lesions lived about 2.5 years longer.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 9, 2023
Frail humans, fallen creatures in a broken world, rarely approach perfection in any endeavor.
From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023
Frail in defense all season, Dortmund was bailed out by its substitutes.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2023
Frail, shrunken, wizened, and blind, it was hard to imagipe him as a little boy no older than Arya.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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