How to Use the infirm in a Sentence
the infirm
noun-
Memories of the infirm old man at the end of his term cloud the whirlwind of the first Biden years.
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Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Relatives of the infirm want answers.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2026
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Pretty much all of Alex’s victims are Black people, children and the infirm.
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Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
15 Oct. 2025
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The murk posed a real threat to Texans with emphysema or asthma, to the elderly or the infirm.
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Scott W. Stern,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2026
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Duffy’s bugbears include the aforementioned fisticuffs, a lack of pleases and thank yous for staff, and the reluctance of current passengers to help the aged, the infirm, and the pregnant.
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Raven Smith,
Vogue,
27 Nov. 2025
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