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frailty

[frayl-tee, fray-uhl-] / ˈfreɪl ti, ˈfreɪ əl- /


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With or without other age-related medical conditions like heart disease, hypertension, frailty or Parkinson’s disease, you may experience a psychological as well as a physical spiral.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“It’s highly associated with all muscle strength or weakness. If somebody is very weak in their grip, they are at very high risk for whole body frailty and weakness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

According to the researchers, tooth loss could reflect the accumulated effects of chronic inflammation, frailty, nutritional health, lifestyle, and other systemic stresses experienced over many years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Oliver wrote powerful poems about human frailty but spent her days in the woods writing about nature, which she loved as much as she did language.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

He had a sudden rushing sensation of human frailty, death like a blowing wind: Jackson was gone, Stuart would go, like leaves from autumn trees.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

The midfielder was brought to Rangers to add steel, not to contribute to the mental frailties that dogged them on the run-in last season.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“He wants to be the hero of any circumstance, but unfortunately he has these frailties that I know too well.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

It is time to face the fact that Gregg failed to put the death penalty on a sound footing and that nothing can improve on Gregg’s frailties.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

England head to India to launch their World Cup campaign with momentum at their backs, while Sri Lanka have plenty of soul-searching to do with their frailties against spin brutally exposed.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

Representative of the sympathies and frailties of human nature.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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