incapacitated

Example Sentences

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Two Iranian officials privately said Khamenei was injured but denied he was incapacitated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Recent remarks by President Masoud Pezeshkian suggest that armed forces units have effectively been given broad authority to act if senior leadership is incapacitated.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

A program meant for a small number of incapacitated patients could easily start to encompass many more people whose primary problem is poverty.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

Lastly, don’t neglect basic estate planning: create/update your will, add beneficiaries to your stock/bank accounts and establish powers of attorney and health-care directives should you become incapacitated.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

They wanted to think that he was incapacitated, injured, unable to make it to the phone.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier