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
Even as Feinstein sought reelection in 2018 at age 85, when her infirmity was no secret, she easily turned aside a challenge from the more liberal Kevin de León.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023
The bandage drapes the left hamstring, whose infirmity might have made Djokovic’s three-set win over Grigor Dimitrov in Saturday’s third round sort of a surprise.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023
The women, who had been nursing these men in their infirmity, wondered how they’d suddenly improved while others lingered in the sickness.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Vocabulary lists containing infirmity
Julius Caesar
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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