How to Use frailty in a Sentence

frailty

noun

• We can no longer be surprised by the frailties of our political leaders.
• Any study of memory is, in the main, a study of its frailty.
  — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2021
• There’s a dancing-on-the-edge vibe to it all, a sense of courageous frailty.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2023
• Help was needed because of that very frailty in the first place.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• There was fear that James’ age and Davis’ frailty would be catching up to them.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• The human frailty caught in the image is what is haunting to Braun.
  — David Bauder, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
• There’s too much human frailty, and human genius, to take the soul out of the games.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2017
• Tenderness is the best way to touch the frailty within us.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 21 Dec. 2020
• For all his frailty, Mr. Durst seems well aware of what is going on around him.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2021
• The movie is a tribute to the beauty and frailty of friendship, our critic writes.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
• The strength of her mind stands in contrast with the weakness and frailty of her body and condition.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Jan. 2023
• The Rangers’ biggest flaw, though, is the bullpen and its frailty was exposed again Wednesday.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• Falls and his Thomas, Philip Earl Johnson, latch on to these frailties.
  — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 28 Mar. 2018
• Her flaws and frailties are a major part of the story, and one of its most startling and thrilling ideas.
  — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2018
• Aiming for close to 30-40 grams per meal can prevent frailty.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
• Gone was the puffed chest and the raucous machismo, stripped away to demonstrate that there’s resilience in frailty, too.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• Covid exposed the frailty of life and forced many to challenge their views on work and location.
  — Jerry Cahn, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• But the way to move forward is to admit your faults and frailties, and to seek to be forgiven.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
• By design, the film catches Enzo at a moment of frailty and strain.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• This has pointed out that there’s a frailty to delivery.
  — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 17 Mar. 2020
• The frailty of the bullpen, however, remains the team’s biggest weakness.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
• Despite her apparent frailty, the Queen stood for the hymns along with the rest of the congregation.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 29 Mar. 2022
• This is the time to look stunned at the frailty of life and the unflinching grab of death, even when the subjects are so young and strong and blessed and, well, unlikely.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2020
• It’s very powerful to do that — it’s people using frailty in such a strong way.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
• But a less discussed part of the study suggests a way of circumventing our frailty.
  — Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
• Tom is free of the debilitating frailties of a body that served for 85 years.
  — courant.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• There, older adults who are candidates for surgery are screened for frailty.
  — Judith Graham, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
• The bedtime story exists to address the child’s fear of the night, and his understanding of his own frailty.
  — David Mamet, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
• Roosevelt ordered his handlers and the Secret Service to disguise his frailties.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
• The vice president emerged as the most logical replacement for Joe Biden at the top of the ticket after the president wore his frailty on national TV just over three weeks ago.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024