How to Use able-bodied in a Sentence

able-bodied

adjective

• The younger and able-bodied men slept in cars parked outside.
  — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
• A day at the track is not limited to the able-bodied anymore.
  — Sami Haj-Assaad, Car and Driver, 5 June 2023
• In South Korea, all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 28 are required to serve for two years.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
• For able-bodied readers, July can be a good time to learn.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
• All able-bodied men aged 18 to 35 in South Korea must serve in the military.
  — Armani Syed, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
• With all the men at the front, able-bodied women were conscripted to go to the forests in summer to collect wood for fuel.
  — Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
• In the 1930s millions of able-bodied Americans were thrown out of work and onto breadlines through no fault of their own.
  — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
• Perhaps there was a time when the assumption that able-bodied young men would always be in the workforce made sense.
  — Jens Ludwig, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
• The time limit for able-bodied adults was waived across the country by a law passed at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
• These are able-bodied people, who otherwise could use their hands.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2023
• Military service is mandatory in South Korea, with all able-bodied men expected to serve in the army for 18 months by the age of 28.
  — Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
• Absent changes, many able-bodied adults will remain jobless, which is bad for them and our economy.
  — Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Smith uses the analogy of a shovel—which increased the power of able-bodied workers—versus a steam shovel—which did the work for them.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
• The agreement would raise the age for existing work requirements on able-bodied adults, from 49 to 54, without children.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 May 2023
• Hundreds of thousands were added to the Medicaid rolls when Steve Beshear expanded the program to cover able-bodied adults.
  — Fox News, 19 Apr. 2023
• Now, middle-aged and still able-bodied, many are making a reverse migration.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• The emotional wounds of a trans or disabled Latina are going to be different than someone who is able-bodied.
  — Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• All able-bodied men in Korea are required to perform 18-21 months of military service.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• The first step in such service is to enlist as many able-bodied adults as possible to begin ferrying slices and ice cream as quickly as they can be plated.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• Wheelchair Tennis Wheelchair tennis pretty much follows the same rules of able-bodied tennis, except here the ball can bounce twice before the player hits it back.
  — Molly Higgins, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2024
• Under current law, all able-bodied South Korean men are required to serve in the military for a period of 18 to 21 months, depending on the branch.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• These would require able-bodied working-age adults to work at least 20 hours a week to receive benefits from food stamps, Medicaid and a few other programs.
  — Stephen Moore, WSJ, 29 May 2023
• In South Korea, all able-bodied men between 18 and 28 must serve approximately two years in the military.
  — Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
• In South Korea—where all able-bodied men must enlist in the armed forces for 18 months before age 28—medalists win exemption from military service.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 6 Aug. 2024
• Those changes included exemptions to the work requirement for able-bodied adults without children at home.
  — Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024
• All able-bodied South Korean men aged 18 to 28 must serve for about two years in the military, though some are allowed to work as social service agents as an alternative form of duty.
  — Reuters, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
• In some of India’s regions, the population is still growing too fast for their economies, producing many more able-bodied young people than there are jobs to occupy them.
  — Weiyi Cai, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• For the entire season — all his life, really — Escovar had been swimming against able-bodied athletes.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• But visibility matters, especially in places long typified as straight, able-bodied, and white—and that’s where folks like Dusty Ballard and Mike Ryan come in.
  — Matt Kirouac, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2024
• The House passed a bill on April 26 that would require able-bodied adults without children to work, train or volunteer at least part time as a condition of receiving taxpayer support.
  — Nick Stehle, wsj.com, 12 May 2023

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024