| As things stood at the beginning of 1990, Mrs Adam's life was reasonably settled and happy, taking into account her age and physical infirmity. |
| Our collective cultural belief is that aging brings illness and infirmity, along with a loss of status for women. |
| That is to say it did not stem from any inherent infirmity or weakness or deficiency. |
| In this context, accusation of metrical deformity by way of human infirmity accrues an unusually multi-valent derisiveness. |
| Silenced by infirmity, if not by simple good taste, the former leader has had to stand aside while her legacy is picked apart. |
| Taylor killed on one occasion a lion who lost a fore limb in a trap, and the infirmity had turned him into a dangerous man eater. |
