able-bodied
Example Sentences
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With able-bodied German men conscripted to fight in the war, workers from the lands the Nazis occupied were drafted to meet the labor shortage.
"I walked into the hospital able-bodied and came out in crutches," she told BBC News NI.
From BBC
It was these rowers, whose only qualifications were their citizenship and their being able-bodied, who dealt the blow to the Persians at Salamis.
“You’re in the hands of some of the most able-bodied human beings on the planet,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
It could revolutionize welfare by testing aptitude, providing individual training, and matching able-bodied welfare recipients with available jobs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
