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Recent Examples of infirmity Adding to the fun, Oliver suffers from face blindness, which the show visualizes, like each installment’s neurological infirmity, only selectively. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 McGahern’s novel is sure to leave the infirmities in. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024 Let those who have come to grips with such perception-altering infirmities in themselves or others cast the first stone. Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024 President Biden is being excessively and unfairly harassed about his age — in contrast with former President Trump, whose age and infirmities therefrom (e.g., inane comments recorded at campaign events) are treated with kid gloves. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for infirmity 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infirmity
Noun
  • But though ruthlessly efficient at killing off some frog species, the fungus is highly vulnerable to heat: Temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius (about 85 degrees Fahrenheit) slow disease progression.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The agency’s $48 billion budget funds medical research on cancers, vaccines and other diseases through competitive grants to researchers at institutions throughout the nation.
    Aleccia Washington, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Rethink your strengths and weaknesses and aim to enforce a healthier routine.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Maybe the biggest weakness of the liberal international order is that the whole world feels the consequences of U.S. elections but has no say in them.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Health experts said that could deter more Americans from receiving Covid shots and routine immunizations against various diseases that have for decades saved millions of lives and prevented crippling illnesses.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • With chronic illness, little moments like these become milestones.
    Alana Kaufman, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Nicky’s asleep because exhaustion is a hallmark of the contented child — making core memories is hard work.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • As far as looking at the movement, the special does speak to a tiredness and exhaustion within it.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Moist compresses are used for: Boils and skin ailments Dry eyes, styes, and other eye issues Sore muscles Dry Compresses Dry compresses, like a microwavable heating pad, are a quick and easy solution for creating a warm compress.
    Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Who should avoid using a foot spa? People with certain conditions or ailments should avoid foot soaks unless otherwise instructed by their doctor.
    Daley Quinn Published, Health, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Fascist leaders often target minority groups and blame them for the country's ills, the War Department cautioned.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
  • To Gigi, the beneficiary, Pita was treated well, and, anyway, isn’t the American foster system a comparable social ill?
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
  • According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.
    Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Noun
  • Keanu Reeves pushed himself to the point of sickness in order to pull off intense stunts in John Wick.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In short, this means Germany’s high rate of sickness cost its economy about €26 billion last year, according to VFA.
    BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 1 Nov. 2024

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“Infirmity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infirmity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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