inability

Example Sentences

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She, too, had a back injury and the inability to bowl allowed more time to work on her batting through the winter.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

“I think the inability to seek federal habeas relief would also lead to more people simply giving up on viable claims for immigration relief because they can’t stand to be in detention any longer.”

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

For generations, scientists have viewed the inability to regrow lost body parts as one of the fundamental limitations of humans and other mammals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

Ten years ago, Peter Cipriano, a graduate student at Baruch College, wrote his master’s thesis about one of New York City’s most tortured civic failings: its inability to fix Penn Station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Having recovered from my sudden inability to keep saliva in my mouth, I said, “Did you break up because you moved here?”

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson