infirmity
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Boxer, who turns 85 next month, offered no counsel to Pelosi, though she pushed back against the notion that age necessarily equates with infirmity, or political obsolescence.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025
The old guard has a lock on how things run—and OK, yes, at least a few of them seem to be dealing with actual infirmity.
From Slate • Jun. 14, 2024
For sure, Mr. President, there are those among us who have more than their share of disease and infirmity.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022
Connie Schultz, a columnist for USA Today, lashed out at critics mocking Fetterman's performance "as if they are immune from the randomness of illness and infirmity."
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2022
Pale and bruised, lean to the point of infirmity, he shambles toward the bed.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing infirmity
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Julius Caesar
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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