incapacitated

Example Sentences

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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

If Rakhmon is incapacitated, resigns or dies, Rustam Emomali, his 38-year-old son who is currently chairman of the National Assembly, would take over as interim president, with a constitutional requirement for elections within three months.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

You start planning the rest of your life: telling your spouse you may eventually become incapacitated; looking into long-term memory care; checking off as many bucket list items as you can.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

It was easy to imagine Chris McCandless making the same mistake as the Indian woman and becoming similarly incapacitated.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer