The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves. From LearnThat.org. [Catherine E. Beecher (1800-1878), U.S. educator, writer.]
infirm of purpose. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Remote monitoring service will benefit the long-term infirm. From Wordnik.com. [The most recent articles from Computing] Reference
Now I read that being old and infirm is no bar to voting Obama, not even having advanced Alzheimers is a bar. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
They found many amusing things, but the care of the sick and the infirm was the first duty, and they had many willing helpers. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island] Reference
His father was a farm labourer, and in 1861, aged 61, he was listed as "infirm". From Wordnik.com. [The Bookworm] Reference
The age of Richard, who was considered "infirm" and therefore worthless, was not deemed significant enough to list. From Wordnik.com. [rabble.ca - News for the rest of us] Reference
He was, as I have just told you, very old and infirm. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Some may since have died or be judged too infirm to give evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Asil Nadir trial could be 'prosecutorial nightmare', warn experts] Reference
Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you: and many sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
New treatments create new expectations, and not just for the infirm. From Wordnik.com. [Memory] Reference
The infirm might rely on a robot to remind them to take their medicine. From Wordnik.com. [The Future Of Computers] Reference
Nor are the beneficiaries just the sick, the aged and the prematurely infirm. From Wordnik.com. [A Question Of Life Or Death] Reference
He thought, though, that Raphael had special care of the sick and the infirm. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
The theater was crowded, when an old man, infirm, and leaning on a staff, entered. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
In early May, Khamenei paid a call at Mousavi's home to see the candidate's aging, infirm father. From Wordnik.com. [Anyone but Ahmadinejad] Reference
With the Yankees old and infirm, their championship hopes hold on by the thread of his aging arm. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball’s Good News] Reference
Also a challenge: many of them were infirm and so needed to be led across the slippery tile floor. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Teresa: One of the Greatest Saints Ever] Reference
Barry, when he was labouring under old age, and so miserably infirm that he walked with difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 50: John The Challoner Revision] Reference
"I am one of the few people to really see them," one social worker who works with the aged and infirm said. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: True Grit Part I: Growing Old in America] Reference
Willis Carrier's 1902 invention has been a blessing for the weak, the infirm and people who just don't like to sweat. From Wordnik.com. [OPEN THE WINDOWS AND LET SUMMER IN] Reference
For many Americans, particularly those who live in front of the television, the aged and infirm are all but invisible. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: True Grit Part I: Growing Old in America] Reference
Others fear that the ruling could set a precedent for favoring the strong over the weak or infirm in medical decisions. From Wordnik.com. [An Ethical Quandary] Reference
Fifty-eight percent of grown Italian sons and 69 percent of daughters with infirm mothers see them several times weekly. From Wordnik.com. [Staying Home With Mamma] Reference
But our fundamental goals must be to reduce dependency and upgrade the dignity of those who are infirm or disadvantaged. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
So while Eos stayed as fresh as the dawn she presided over, Tithonus spent eternity growing ever more shriveled and infirm. From Wordnik.com. [How To Get To Your Golden Years] Reference
For relatively little cost, policies will pay the money for care in a nursing facility or at home if a person becomes infirm. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Not Just An Issue Of Black And White] Reference
Still, Boston scored some major talent at discount prices because almost all of it came as damaged goods — old, infirm or both. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Baseball Season] Reference
Also included are primary caretakers of children or the infirm and people "whose detention is otherwise not in the public interest.". From Wordnik.com. [Deportation of illegal immigrants increases under Obama administration] Reference
For people too old or infirm to climb the treacherously steep main stairway, an elevator has been installed -- but good luck finding it. From Wordnik.com. [Rebuilding The Colosseum] Reference
To be "infirm of will" is, therefore, the greatest of misfortunes, as it inevitably produces complete failure in all the affairs of life. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
In the 1880s, we convinced the ailing and infirm that Florida was good for their health, despite the mosquitoes and the suffocating heat. From Wordnik.com. [Catching On To Florida's Economic 'Ponzi Scheme'] Reference
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