able-bodied

Example Sentences

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Many enrollees already work or will qualify for an exemption; the able-bodied who don’t are a minority.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"I walked into the hospital able-bodied and came out in crutches," she told BBC News NI.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“You’re in the hands of some of the most able-bodied human beings on the planet,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Once able-bodied men, they walk with canes, one step at a time.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

Perry and Dick had left that port city an hour earlier, having spent a morning there applying at various shipping offices for jobs as able-bodied seamen.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote