frail
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Sheila became more frail, was diagnosed with dementia and also had a series of physical health problems, including a "chronic" and "disabling" prolapse.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 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
She added that she was now too frail to travel to Switzerland to end her life.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
They’re spidery and frail, their hair as fine as mist.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
That made it possible for older, frailer patients to survive with “mini-transplants.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
"But we know the longer you spend in hospital the more patients are at risk of getting frailer, losing strength and needing more care."
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026
This previously manifested through mostly vibes-based measures: Does his voice sound a little frailer?
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
All three can also be self-reinforcing over time: people who are lonely and socially isolated may become frailer, and as they become frailer, their sense of isolation and loneliness grows.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
Mama Lessie became weaker and frailer with each passing day.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
These are the sickest and frailest patients - the ones who cannot be sent home immediately after treatment.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022
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
You chase championships, but they're collateral perks that often ride on the frailest of circumstances.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2012
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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