failing health
Example Sentences
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Not everyone who has dementia lacks testamentary capacity, but your relative’s failing health and cognitive issues certainly complicate matters.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
Another couple have now had to move into a retirement community because of their advanced ages and failing health.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025
Despite her failing health, her family accepted the invitation.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025
Though his demise was not exactly surprising — Durst was 78 and had been in failing health for years — it still left him nonplussed, Jarecki said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2024
The Office of Indian Affairs received a note from someone who knew Mollie, saying that she was “in failing health and is not expected to live very long.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
