frail
Example Sentences
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At the top, Whittaker wrote later, he felt frail and puny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Heaps, looking gaunt and frail in an orange jail shirt and pants, showed almost no reaction as he was sentenced.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Doctors said he was frail but stable and would receive the necessary treatment.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Most evidence for the health benefits of diets that exclude meat comes from studies of younger adults rather than frail older populations.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
I want to freeze it in time: us, here together, connected by an unbreakable understanding and more love than I have ever felt for this gentle, frail, strong old lady.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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