frail

During that time, people from every corner of the world online seemed to take every opportunity to scrutinize every contour of her frail frame.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Their mother was mentally sharp but physically frail, barely able to walk to the mailbox and back, they told deputies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

However, it's important to note that personal care takes in things like helping frail elderly people wash and dress and go to the toilet.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“People have a very difficult time putting themselves in their own future, in their more frail bodies,” Geber said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

In fact, Hevelius lived for another nine years, so he cannot have been that frail when Halley saw him.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

That made it possible for older, frailer patients to survive with “mini-transplants.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

This previously manifested through mostly vibes-based measures: Does his voice sound a little frailer?

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025

For the oldest, the improvements were lost entirely, and they were frailer than those of the same age living in the prior decade, experts say.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024

As one patient commented to the subsequent report: "This is hugely beneficial to people on the small islands. Much less upheaval for frailer patients."

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024

“There you are,” said Hodza, a handsome boy of Tendai’s age but of a frailer build.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

These tend to be the sickest and frailest patient - and this wait comes after they have already waited to be seen in the first place after arriving at A&E.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

In a long-term care system that subjects some of society’s frailest to daily indignities, Medicaid’s personal needs allowance, as the stipend is called, is among the most ubiquitous, yet least known.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

To date, 78 of Ukraine’s frailest Holocaust survivors, of whom there are some 10,000, have been evacuated.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

Unable to speak, Qawasmi, 24, is the frailest of the six.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021

He was kneeling by the Zanies, the frailest ones, the fuse-points; both of them lay huddled up on the floor.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin