able-bodied
Example Sentences
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"So I thought well, maybe I could play tennis and then I could play with my able-bodied friends so that was my first thought."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
She has returned to many of the activities she loved as an able-bodied person, including kayaking and being in the sea, just in a different way.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
The colonial trade also ravaged the archipelago's forests and wrecked communities, with able-bodied men required to offer 40 days of unpaid service to fell trees and build ships under Spanish foremen.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
It was these rowers, whose only qualifications were their citizenship and their being able-bodied, who dealt the blow to the Persians at Salamis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
The most obvious place to recruit able-bodied volunteers was nearby Harvard University, which in 1919 admitted only male students.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
