frail
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She said she had become "too physically frail to take the flight" to an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
This treatment clears space in the bone marrow for the incoming cells, but it can be extremely taxing, particularly for older or medically frail patients.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Poor grip strength indicates that you’re at risk of losing function, you’re at risk of falling, you’re at risk of becoming frail and losing mobility,” says Fried.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
There are exemptions for being a parent to young children, serving as a caregiver or being medically frail.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The papers are neatly folded and feel so thin and frail I’m almost scared to touch them in case they crumble to dust in my hands.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
As Wangchuk has grown visibly frailer, opposition leaders, activists, artists and musicians have already urged him to end his fast.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
That made it possible for older, frailer patients to survive with “mini-transplants.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
This previously manifested through mostly vibes-based measures: Does his voice sound a little frailer?
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
“The man is frailer than he looks,” Dan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
He looked shrunken, both smaller and frailer than he had been when they burst in on him.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
They have needed fewer GP and hospital visits, but the biggest impact has been among some of the frailest patients.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2023
Unable to speak, Qawasmi, 24, is the frailest of the six.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021
At Life Care, where elderly and sick people come to heal from broken hips and strokes, or simply to live out their frailest years, the death toll has continued to climb.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2020
The National Institutes of Health will retire all but the frailest of its 257 remaining chimps to a federally funded sanctuary in Louisiana within the next several years.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
But he was also the frailest, and when colds or flu or virus infections came around he was the first to catch them and the slowest to recover.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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