infirmity
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And on the whole, Americans don’t do that, believing that age and infirmity only matter if they impede on a person’s ability to do their job.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025
To Thomas, these schemes would present no constitutional infirmity, and courts could do nothing to stop them.
From Slate ● May 23, 2024
The bandage drapes the left hamstring, whose infirmity might have made Djokovic’s three-set win over Grigor Dimitrov in Saturday’s third round sort of a surprise.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
He’s trying to make headway on a new musical with playwright David Ives based on two classic films by Luis Buñuel, but age, infirmity and self-doubt are slowing him down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Stroke victims who have lost the ability to speak, for example, are virtuosos, because their infirmity has forced them to become far more sensitive to the information written on people’s faces.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
When he studied the brochures of eight CCRCs across the country, the infirmities and dependencies of old age seemed buried.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
But these infirmities are not inevitable, and in recent years doctors have learned a lot more about how to prevent dementia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
There are so many infirmities in this reasoning that it’s hard to know where to start.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2025
Gypsy Rose was so convincing at playing up her infirmities that doctors subjected her to numerous unnecessary surgeries, including having her salivary glands removed and installing a feeding port in her stomach.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2024
But there is an element of machismo in the Sherpa culture that makes many men extremely reluctant to acknowledge physical infirmities.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing infirmity
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Julius Caesar
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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