frailties

plural of frailty

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of frailties The thing that Gena is so brilliant at is exploiting the human voice, and the frailties of the voice and the strengths and the vulnerabilities. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026 Even in defeat, Fulham succeeded in exposing frailties in Chelsea’s defensive structure at Craven Cottage. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Mundo and Diana’s world is more stark, its colors stripped away to show the toll of life’s frailties on the couple. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 25 May 2026 Those traits historically idolized as feminine frailties (or diagnosed as feminine neuroses) are here reenvisioned as sources of extraordinary talent. — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026 Just as her characters tussle with the frailties installed during their upbringings, Strout, the daughter of a schoolteacher mother and parasitologist father who was also a congregationalist deacon, has reckoned with her roots. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 28 Apr. 2026 Both larger-than-life characters have their frailties. — Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026 Okrent highlights the emotional frailties that coexisted with the brilliance and generosity. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 Jackson’s other frailties were evident long before that diagnosis. — John Blake, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frailties
Noun
  • Drug and other criminal enterprises have taken advantage of the government’s weaknesses.
    — Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Meta is also deploying a red-teaming AI agent that probes its own safeguards for weaknesses bad actors could exploit.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Facts are faced, faults are noted, death and life are seen and held.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Taylor’s attorney, Barbara Berkowitz, caught up with PEOPLE and shared one of Taylor’s few faults.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The sins of 2003 were not merely in launching a war but also in how the story was told and masked.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Kaporos is intended to symbolize the transfer of one’s sins to a chicken.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Jets, seeking to address their defensive shortcomings, signed safety Minkah Fitzpatrick in the offseason.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Others, including Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella, who recently launched a crackdown on Venezuelan migrants in his country, will be tempted to stoke xenophobia to deflect blame for policy shortcomings.
    — DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Frailties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frailties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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