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
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
To Thomas, these schemes would present no constitutional infirmity, and courts could do nothing to stop them.
From Slate • May 23, 2024
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
Instead of ignoring her infirmity, pretending it was not there, he made it seem like something special and endearing.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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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