Sentence examples for frail legs from inspiring English sources

"After a while my nervy, frail legs began to give out; and they gave out completely when I saw some barrels, taller than the tall grass, barring the way in the distance".

Not wanting to be a North Korean prop and citing his frail legs, Mr. Hudner said he avoided the parade and stayed away from the opening of a military museum featuring the U.S.S.

"He was small and frail with thin legs.

He seemed frail, keeping his legs wide and stiff as if running on stilts.

The B37 bus doesn't run with any great frequency down in Bay Ridge, but that's fine for many of its riders: seniors with swollen legs, frail hearts or achy knees.

"Someone may be frail and off their legs but may not need heavy duty hospital care.

"Her legs were frail and she didn't have the stamina to walk very far; it became too painful for her," said Stuart.

The frail-looking daddy long legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides), which spins cobwebs in hidden corners and behind furniture, uses its long legs to fling sticky threads over other spiders.

The spindly legs seem too frail to support the body and the globular eyes bear a curious kinship to those of a frog.

My mother was always 30 or 40 pounds too heavy after my birth, and she lived to 95, and was not frail because she kept her legs under her.

Adam's aide straddled the frail-looking youngster between her legs and kept a hand on his chest so he didn't slump forward.