Sentence examples for was infirm from inspiring English sources
adjective
Weak or ill, not in good health.
- He was infirm of body but still keen of mind, and though it looked like he couldn't walk across the room, he crushed me in debate.
He was infirm and wobbly.
Her grandmother was infirm.
Rather than recalling saintly deeds, she remains impressed at how the founder demanded all the homespun limits of poverty, down to a severe wooden chair when she was infirm.
In one of the most moving passages in "The World of Yesterday" Zweig marvels at the monstrosity of the law that forbade Jews from sitting on public benches — it effectively prevented his mother from walking anywhere, since she was infirm and needed to be able to pause and rest during her constitutionals.
Still, Ms. Zap said, "If you are infirm, there are people in the community who can take care of you".
LENNY GUARENTE: The research that I'm involved in is not about extending life after people are infirm.
Others try earnestly to present proof that they are infirm enough to deserve the scarce doses of vaccine.
His two aging cats — Sammy, 17, and Snowflake, 12 — are infirm and must be hydrated constantly through a tube, which takes much of Mr. Lane's time.
Matisse had been infirm since undergoing abdominal surgery in 1941, and he spent most of his days in bed or in a wheelchair.
He didn't inherit a blank cap canvas, mind you, with major contracts for players who were infirm (Jayson Williams), inscrutable (Stephon Marbury) or inflated (Keith Van Horn).
Many are infirm and wary of going to the inauguration, where they will encounter large crowds and potentially bad weather and have to walk long distances.
