How to Use disability in a Sentence
disability
noun- After he injured his back he had to quit his job and go on disability.
- It's a serious disease that can cause disability or death.
- She has learned to keep a positive attitude about her disability.
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Yes, most people with a disability do not live in a group home.
—Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025
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Not Nick, not even with the disabilities he was born with.
—Maggie Kreienberg, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
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Some will live the rest of their lives with pain or some kind of disability, Doucet said.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
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Myla has not been held back by her disability.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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But the bathroom was not built for a person with a disability.
—John Johnston, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
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Trump once mocked a reporter with a disability.
—Fred Clasen-Kelly, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
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Her son can’t either due to his disability.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
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So does her husband who drives a van for people with disabilities.
—Tovia Smith, NPR, 7 May 2026
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There are two types of disability insurance, short term and long term.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
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Her friends share the same disability, though to greater and lesser degrees.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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Your disability claim will usually take about three months to process.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023
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Payment cannot be stopped except for disability or death.
—Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
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That can leave passengers with disabilities with no way to use the bathroom for hours on end.
—Clara McMichael, ABC News, 26 July 2023
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Young adults with disabilities have much to offer that could not have been foreseen in advance.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
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Patrick is living proof that disability can happen to anyone at any time.
—Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2023
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Her husband has a half-hour drive to his job helping people with disabilities.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
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The hotel has six rooms available that are designed for those with disabilities.
—Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024
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His father could not work because of a disability and his mother was unable to find a job.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2022
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Many of the children charged had disabilities and were students of color.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2026
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Service animals will rest in the seating area of the guest with a disability and not in the aisle.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
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Service animals will rest in the seating area of the guest with a disability and not in the aisle.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Service animals will rest in the seating area of the guest with a disability and not in the aisle.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
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Service animals will rest in the seating area of the guest with a disability and not in the aisle.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Service animals will rest in the seating area of the guest with a disability and not in the aisle.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Service animals will rest in the seating area of the guest with a disability and not in the aisle.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 11 Feb. 2026
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The dismissal is not part of a pattern in favor of people with disabilities on death row.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 22 May 2026
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Their disability served as a plot device or a means by which other characters learned and grew.
—Amy Julia Becker, Time, 5 Oct. 2022
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