Collocations for "frail"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "frail" in context.
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frail
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a frail old [woman]
- too frail to [work, travel, attend]
- am getting too frail to [work]
- am starting to get too frail to [work]
- am starting to feel frail
- is frail in his old age
- frail and [elderly, disabled, vulnerable]
- growing old and frail
- my body is frail
- has a frail body
- has frail [arms, legs, bones]
- are frail from [age, disease]
- due to (her) frail health
- her frail condition [prevents, keeps] her from
- [treatments, shampoo] for frail hair
- a frail grip on [the rope, reality]
- the [ropes, cords] grew frail
- was [dangling, hanging] from a frail rope
'frail' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):