7 QUOTES WITH «DECREPIT»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
decrepit.
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.
Dressing up as decrepit old ladies, and even decrepit young ladies, was one of our staples.
If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
The aim is to postpone frailty, postpone degenerative disease, debilitation and so on and thereby shorten the period at the end of life, which is passed in a decrepit or disabled state, while extending life as a whole.
The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
Just because I was almost 62, I did not feel decrepit and felt I wasn't finished being a soldier yet.
I don't want to be left in the past. When I stand next to Kylie, Beyonce or Rihanna, I don't want to be a decrepit old lady.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECREPIT»
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decrepit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
decrepit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Blind and decrepit. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blood-poisoning . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Burns ... Deaf and decrepit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Decrepit . ... Decrepit
and hernia and one eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Decrepit and hernia and toes deformed
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Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, 1903
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Definition of Lame or Decrepit. Number and distribution of Lame or Decrepit.
Occupations of Lame or Decrepit. Report uroN the Number of Lame or Decrepit
in Ireland. In reporting on this subject for 1851, the Commissioners say: — "
Among ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1863
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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Table I., on page 89, shows the number of the Lame or Decrepit returned from the
various Workhouses, Hospitals, Lunatic Asylums, and Prisons in Ireland, on the
2nd of April, 1871 ; together with those at their own homes, as afforded by Furm ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1874
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The Encyclopedic Digest of Texas Reports (Criminal Cases): ...
In a statute concerning aggravated assault and battery on "decrepit persons,"
those words mean those who are disabled, incapable, or incompetent, from
either physical or mental weakness or defects, whether produced by age or other
causes ...
Thomas Johnson Michie, 1912
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The Southwestern Reporter
As to what it takes to constitute a party decrepit was discussed in Hall v. State, 16
Tex. App. 6, 49 Am. Rep. 824. This language is found in that opinion: "What
meaning are we to give the word 'decrepit'? Words used in the Penal Code,
except ...
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Revised edition of White's Penal code: embracing all penal ...
4, Aged or decrepit persons assaulted. When committed by a person of robust
health or strength upon one who is aged or decrepit. 1. Ind.ictment—-for
aggravated assault upon an aged or decrepit person. [Commencement and
presentment.
Texas, John Preston White, Walter Livingston Willie, 1916
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London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
Decrepitness and decrepitude are man's ' last stage of all.' Of men's lives, in this
decrepit age of the world, •e, and some an hundred years. This pope is decrepit,
and the bell goeth for him : tike order that there be chosen a pope of fresh years.
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White's Penal Code: Embracing All Penal Legislation Down to ...
Aged or decrepit persons assaulted. When committed by a person of robust
health or strength upon one who is aged or decrepit. 1. Indictment — for
aggravated assault upon an aged or decrepit person. [Commencement and
presentment.
Texas, John Preston White, Walter L. Willie, 1916
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British Medical Journal
BERI-BERL the relation of amoeba to a form of dysentery. That fiagellates ~
numbers. It seems to me that the intestinal fiagellatcs, while \ harmless when few,
must probably have some pathogenic at the decrepit vagrant ward were
absolutely ...
COMMON WORDS AND PHRASES. DECREPIT. — In a statute concerning
assanlt and battery upon "decrepit persons," those words mean these who are
disabled, incapable or incompetent, from either physical or mental weakness or
defects, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECREPIT»
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decrepit is used in the context of the following news items.
Gearhart councilors seek to replace 'decrepit' fire station
“The decrepit building is the No. 1 concern,” he said. “How do we take care of the community in the event of a calamity when a building falls on ... «Daily Astorian, Jul 15»
Demolition of decrepit Auburn home planned for next week — is …
AUBURN | Sandra Lee Sigl thought she was going to be shooing away people lighting firecrackers outside her door. Instead she stepped ... «Auburn Citizen, Jul 15»
Lamb of God Singer Reveals What He Remembers of Deadly 2010 …
Blythe was held in Prague's decrepit Pankrác Prison until finally being released on bail 37 days after his arrest; he was ultimately found not ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
My Dad's Terrible Child-Care Activities, Ranked
Decrepit, not valuable. If something looks too good, dismiss it out of hand, with an arbitrary comment of your own invention. A good stand-by is ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
Tangerine Is a Post-Camp Transgender Comedy
This is a post-camp transgender comedy, both hilarious and heart-attack serious. You might howl as Sin-Dee storms into a decrepit motel room ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
Reading the John Updike stories: 'Believers'
The decrepit building makes Credo cringe: "The ancient furnace comes on. Its awakening shudder shakes loose flakes of asbestos wrapping ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
Voice of Mr. Burns isn't leaving 'The Simpsons' after all
Shearer, who voices decrepit Mr. Burns, obsequious Waylon Smithers, God-fearing Ned Flanders and Principal Skinner — among others ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
Thanks to social change, urban density ain't what it used to be
Everyone is so familiar with the cliches of resurgent older cities on the East Coast that you can probably recite them by heart: decrepit or abandoned buildings ... «Grist, Jul 15»
NT council approves plan for casino funds
... I would like you to take that $100,000 and to give us in that area of North Tonawanda some relief from the decrepit situation of those streets.”. «Niagara Gazette, Jul 15»
GrabCar becomes Philippines' first authorized ride-sharing app
... traditional taxis – are gaining popularity in the Philippine capital Manila, notorious for creaking train systems, decrepit buses and traffic jams. «Rappler, Jul 15»
