Sentence examples for on a frail from inspiring English sources

Despairing as it is, "The Normal Heart" ends on a frail moment of hope that seems to require a future -- and in requiring, to start it.

The author has launched this endearing character on a frail skiff, then swamped it with supplies.

A playing card would be too much, like a too-heavy Christmas ornament on a frail tree branch.

Sure, performing CPR after cardiopulmonary arrest on a frail man in his late 90s was likely to be an exercise in futility.

Re "The Pathological Altruist Gives Till Someone Hurts" (Basics, Oct. 3): The article describes a doctor who orders a spinal tap on a frail, dying man as altruism.

Six delightfully dull Swedish months It's perky for now Reprints Related topics Vaclav KlausThe dispute has rattled the government, which rests on a frail pact between the ruling left-of-centre Social Democrats, led by Milos Zeman as prime minister, and Mr Klaus's lot, who, though technically in opposition, have the parliamentary speaker's chair (with Mr Klaus in it) and help to set the agenda.

It comes as a shock: how much people have to spend on medical care for a frail older relative in the last several years of life.

But after Wanda she no longer needed to be that way, no longer wore clothes that dramatized her lure, no longer came on as a frail, uncertain woman who depended on men who had the power… I realized I was losing her, but I was also losing interest in her struggle… She was careless about managing the house, let it fall apart, and I am an old-fashioned man".

My rabbi told this story at Rosh Hashana services on Tuesday: A frail 80-year-old mother is celebrating her birthday and her three sons each give her a present.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional interdisciplinary diagnostic process focused on determining a frail elderly person's medical, psychological, and functional capabilities in order to develop a coordinated and integrated plan for treatment and long-term follow-up.

She had rounded shoulders on such a frail frame, she looked as though she might fold.