Sentence examples for physical infirmity from inspiring English sources

Some cited his physical infirmity, while others considered him an arrogant, privileged dilettante.

His later years were marred by physical infirmity that reduced his political effectiveness and prevented him from playing a significant role in international Islamic affairs.

As André Van Peteghem, Dumont cast Fabrice Luchini, whose dialectical extravagance and theatrical exuberance lend his character, a blithering sybaritic fop, the pathos of a physical infirmity matched by the physical comedy of the accident-prone.

Ms. Cruz's character provides the heart and pathos, but the narrative's drive resides in the story of a director fighting grief, depression and physical infirmity to finish a film that has remained uncompleted for 15 years — a comedy struggling to emerge from a tragedy.

Liberal hero William O. Douglas lasted more than 36 years, hanging on despite evident physical infirmity.

Eventually, Charles apparently conquered his physical infirmity, which might have been caused by rickets.

Small in stature, he also suffered from a number of physical infirmities.

These images — of people, mainly black people, many of whom endure drug addiction, physical infirmities, poverty, homelessness, and harassment from the police — have an essential documentary urgency.

Milly, the daughter of a barmaid, was still anxious about Franklin's affections, and both of them were constantly bothered by their physical infirmities.

"Pinkus knew that Harper Lee was an elderly woman with physical infirmities that made it difficult for her to read and see," Gloria Phares, Lee's lawyer, said in the complaint.

She was with a friend who knew that this probably meant that she would not be allowed to actually enter America; they tried to keep immigrants with physical infirmities out.