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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 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

Once able-bodied men, they walk with canes, one step at a time.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

The most obvious place to recruit able-bodied volunteers was nearby Harvard University, which in 1919 admitted only male students.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler