infirmity
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And on the whole, Americans don’t do that, believing that age and infirmity only matter if they impede on a person’s ability to do their job.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025
Boxer, who turns 85 next month, offered no counsel to Pelosi, though she pushed back against the notion that age necessarily equates with infirmity, or political obsolescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
The old guard has a lock on how things run—and OK, yes, at least a few of them seem to be dealing with actual infirmity.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2024
For sure, Mr. President, there are those among us who have more than their share of disease and infirmity.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
The letter that Lord Wyman Manderly had sent back from White Harbor had spoken of his age and infirmity, and little more.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
When he studied the brochures of eight CCRCs across the country, the infirmities and dependencies of old age seemed buried.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
They refuse to accept the infirmities of previous generations without a struggle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
There are so many infirmities in this reasoning that it’s hard to know where to start.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2025
A standout in the seventh episode chronicles the tumbling cascade of infirmities that come with old age that start with aches that never go away.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2024
But there is an element of machismo in the Sherpa culture that makes many men extremely reluctant to acknowledge physical infirmities.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing infirmity
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Julius Caesar
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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