able-bodied
Example Sentences
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The colonial trade also ravaged the archipelago's forests and wrecked communities, with able-bodied men required to offer 40 days of unpaid service to fell trees and build ships under Spanish foremen.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
"I walked into the hospital able-bodied and came out in crutches," she told BBC News NI.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
“You’re in the hands of some of the most able-bodied human beings on the planet,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
It was heartening to know that airline employees, albeit powerless, know about able-bodied passengers gaming system to skip the lines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
With just nine hundred Jews in the village, this meant every able-bodied adult male had to work.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
