Sentence examples for be unable to digest from inspiring English sources

In cases of emergency or acute distress, patients or their relatives may be unable to digest information; yet doctors need to reach decisions swiftly.

Inherited immune disorders undermine the immune response in a variety of ways: B lymphocytes may be unable to produce antibodies, phagocytes may be unable to digest microbes, or specific complement components may not be produced.

But because the body is unable to digest them, they can cause serious injury to the digestive system.

He said that if the bloom persisted it would harm clams, which are unable to digest the algae.

But Cleaver is unable to digest this triumph, thanks to a spectacular assault on his reputation that has just been mounted by his eldest son.

'She lost about eight inches in height and became so bent that she was unable to digest her food properly, leaving her with no appetite at all.

Dairy intolerance is at least a condition for which there's an established mechanism: approximately 65% of the world's population carries a genetic variant that means they're unable to digest the lactose in milk.

In 1965, investigators at Johns Hopkins found that 15% of all the white people and almost three-quarters of all the black people they tested were unable to digest lactose.

With the passage of a multibillion-dollar health care bill, once again a piece of legislation had been rammed through Albany so fast -- no public hearings, no expert testimony, and almost no discussion -- that interest groups, lobbyists and even many lawmakers were unable to digest it fully, much less influence its shape.

It would render that person immune to viruses, but at the cost of them being unable to digest most normal foods or interact with the natural microbiome that helps to keep their gut healthy.Slightly less drastic might be using a tool like MAGE to make hundreds of changes to a person's genetic code, which converts genetic information into useful proteins.

"WHY", he thundered, "did not the lift attendants do something about it?" There was a stunned silence, as half the room were unable to digest what this tall golden-maned toff was saying, while the rest were too embarrassed to correct him.