How to Use the disabled in a Sentence

the disabled

noun
  • Of course, celebrities have a lot more power than the disabled do.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Of course, celebrities have a lot more power than the disabled do.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Cola the disabled rescue dog rests on the grass.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • One of the speeding cars then struck the disabled van, causing the fire to grow.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Once in a while, a very bad emperor was said to have rounded up the disabled.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The redesign is also more conscious of the needs of the disabled.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Then show them the disabled parking placard from your doctor.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • For too long, stories of the disabled community have been told for us and not by us.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Another tow truck was dispatched to pull the disabled one out of the driveway.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Funding was rejected for programs that feed the poor and care for the disabled.
    — Fred Grimm, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Martinez drove them to the store and purchased their drinks, before driving them back to the disabled car.
    — Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The weather was rough, and strong winds pushed the two schooners perilously close to the disabled steamer.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The front left of the Subaru then struck the front left of the disabled truck, the report stated.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The owner of the account is the disabled child and income earned by the account is not taxable.
    — Winnie Sun, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Woo, who opened the season on the disabled list, also is playing for just over the minimum.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The semi’s driver turned on the hazard lights and tried to block the disabled vehicle.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Kershaw went on the disabled list twice because of lower-back injuries last season.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • To avoid colliding with the disabled steamer, the Ironton cut the tow line.
    — Erin Berge, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Others have been overlooked, like the disabled body, the aging body, or the corpulent body.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Nor are these bonds limited to those in the disabled community.
    — John Hall, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Feldman said he got cast in the role of Arnie, the disabled younger brother of Depp’s Gilbert.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The cost of home caregiving for seniors and the disabled has gone up 40% in the last 10 years.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This is because many immigrants work as nurses for the elderly or the disabled.
    — Marina E. Franco, NBC news, 31 July 2025
  • Deng pulled over to aid the disabled vehicle and activated his lights and siren, Hochman said.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • If a state has to choose between covering an able-bodied adult and a disabled kid on equal terms, the disabled kid will win every time.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • And the law provides for free vaccines for seniors and the disabled starting in 2024.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Mothers, children, and the disabled clutch passels of documents along the sidewalk.
    — Abraham Nussbaum and Renee Y. Hsia, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
  • He was then hit by another car that was attempting to move out of the way of a commercial vehicle and the disabled car.
    — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
  • There was a lot riding on Becca this season for the disabled community.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Many of the most vulnerable people, such as the elderly and the disabled, cannot move easily.
    — Douglas Gollin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016

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