infirmity

Example Sentences

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And on the whole, Americans don’t do that, believing that age and infirmity only matter if they impede on a person’s ability to do their job.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2025

To Thomas, these schemes would present no constitutional infirmity, and courts could do nothing to stop them.

From Slate • May 23, 2024

He’s trying to make headway on a new musical with playwright David Ives based on two classic films by Luis Buñuel, but age, infirmity and self-doubt are slowing him down.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

The arrival comes two years after the zoo had to euthanize two of its older female elephants, Ambika, 72, and Shanthi, 45, because of old age and infirmity.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

However you call it, the result was our infirmity before the criminal forces of the world.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates