How to Use frail in a Sentence

frail

adjective
  • In his old age his health became increasingly frail.
  • Many family members quit their jobs or go part-time to support frail parents.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Friedrich, the youngest of the sons, was too frail to work in the vineyard.
    Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
  • His game has looked rusty and his body has looked frail.
    Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • That was in 1972, when Chaplin was eighty-two and frail.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Why would a boy of Devonte's age be so small and frail?
    Glamour, 8 Jan. 2019
  • The 72-year-old inmate's body looks frail, but his mind and voice are sharp and clear.
    Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 4 June 2018
  • The few who are still alive are just too old or frail to come to the convention.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland.com, 18 July 2019
  • The 96-year-old's lawyer had argued Groening was too frail to go to prison.
    Fox News, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Taken to jail in handcuffs, the pop star took this mug shot — and weighed in at a frail 120 lbs.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
  • On one side are people who are old and frail but can breathe and eat on their own.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The kid was a full head shorter than him, his arms thin-looking, frail.
    Aaron Gwyn, Esquire, 24 Apr. 2009
  • My mother, frail but with a Pimm’s cocktail in hand, was among them.
    Hilary Howard, New York Times, 6 July 2018
  • He was wrapped in a blue towel, and wads of cotton were stuffed around his frail body to keep him warm.
    Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2016
  • But Blackman’s frail frame is a concern for the Seminoles.
    Safid Deen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • But the thrice-weekly trips have taken a toll on these frail patients.
    Danica Coto, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Spring came, and my father got sicker and sicker, more and more frail.
    Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Near the end of his life, old and frail, the man asks the gatekeeper a question: Why haven’t more people sought entrance at the door of the law?
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Old and frail people had to walk up very large steps to get into the terminal.
    AJC.com, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Torres, 74, and her husband are too frail to leave their leave their homes for long stretches of time.
    Ed Lavandera, CNN, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Sadly, Biden, 81, is more frail, but his vision is strong.
    Storer H. Rowley, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
  • For them, this is reason enough to stay away, leaving the old and frail isolated.
    Purva Dewoolkar, Quartz India, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Lilith was so thin, so frail, with pale, almost translucent skin and a giant mane of blonde hair.
    Carole V. Bell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Sentsov has lost about 20 kilograms (44 pounds) and is very frail, according to his lawyer.
    Washington Post, 13 July 2018
  • Some were old, frail and caught at home with no help; others young, like Keyiro, home from school on a bad-weather day.
    Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Brenda knows seeing her daughter in such a frail state can be hard for her friends.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2017
  • The contrast with the frail President Joe Biden was striking.
    Ray Dalio, TIME, 22 July 2024
  • Magín Díaz has the heart of a lion despite his seemingly frail stature.
    Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2017
  • She was wheeled into the Capitol, looking frail and with one eye nearly closed.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Check on older, sick, or frail people who may need help responding to the heat.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2019

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