mental faculties

plural noun

: ability to think clearly

It was sad to see that his mental faculties had begun to fail.

Examples of mental faculties in a Sentence

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There may be uncomfortable moments for Biden if the Trump case goes to trial, with the Justice Department all but claiming that Trump’s mental faculties are superior to Biden’s. —Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024

After spending weeks breathlessly questioning President Joe Biden’s mental faculties in the wake of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s explosive report, some of America’s top news organizations on Tuesday effectively stated that Hur’s characterization of the commander-in-chief was off base. —Oliver Darcy, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024

Biden’s allies have staunchly defended the president and criticized the description of his mental faculties in the report. —Sara Dorn, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

His public persona reflected physical decline and time’s dulling of mental faculties that no poll or exercise regime can resist. —Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023

Or something only someone with the mental faculties of a lump of plastic would try? —Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 31 Aug. 2023

There’s a poignancy, however, to this enviable slow dance: an Alzheimer’s diagnosis that is stripping away Augusto’s mental faculties, transferring the weight of their combined memory and the daily work of meaningful engagement onto Paulina. —Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023

The client was afflicted with Leigh syndrome, a severe neurological disorder that did not affect her mental faculties but left her bedridden and barely able to speak more than a few words. —John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2023

Feinstein, the oldest sitting member of Congress, has been under scrutiny for years amid reports questioning her age or mental faculties. —Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 9 May 2023