How To Use Unable In A Sentence

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When the matador realises the bull is weak and unable to charge much longer he will reach for his killing sword and seek to manoeuvre it directly in front of him with its head down, so that he can administer the death stroke.
They are happening in a system that's constantly working to full capacity, massively understaffed and unable to cope with the impact of cuts to social care. Times, Sunday Times
Despite having all the appropriate authorisations in their possession, they were unable to produce the program for which they had travelled to the country.
They are unable to distinguish between culture and religions.

They don't really have a choice Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Lore Sjöberg eventually overcame these handicaps to become an alien, an aileron and an ailurophile. Lore Sj
Many sufferers of the condition are unable to go about daily life. Times, Sunday Times
Cracked or scaly skin is unable to serve as an effective barrier against disease.
The 37-year-old was unable to work after the first assault in July 2003 in which he was bottled, repeatedly kicked and left for dead in the town centre.
Delvile, by which her own goodness proved the source of her defamation: and though something still hung upon her mind that destroyed that firm confidence she had hitherto felt in the friendship of Mr Monckton, she held it utterly unjust to condemn him without proof, which she was not more unable to procure, than to satisfy herself with any reason why so perfidiously he should calumniate her. Cecilia
He was not at the count as he was unable to take a day off work but delighted supporters phoned to let him know the result.
Owing to the loss of the church records for some years after 1698, Mr. Burleigh is unable to trace when this James Cook left Ednam to “better himself,” but he would take with him a “testificate of church membership” which might possibly, but not probably, still exist. The Life of Captain James Cook
In the event, Gabriel got work with a road crew, digging up the streets of north London for cable companies; Andrea, again unable to persuade a bank to give her an interview, took up house- cleaning.
She stared at her own bloodied hands, unable to think or move.
Ministers will be given powers to remove weak heads swiftly if they are unable to provide a blueprint for improvement. The Sun
Unable to defeat him by logical discussion, she fell back on her old habit of criticizing his speech.
Modder River, when all day long most of our men were quite unable to discover on which side of the stream the Boer entrenchments were, and in what they called clever trickery, but we called treachery, they are absolutely unsurpassable. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back
In 1819 the tenant was a person named McKechnie, as to whom I have been unable to glean any information whatever beyond the bare fact that he was a pewholder in St. James's church. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales
The disease paralysed his right leg, leaving him unable to walk. The Sun
It is frequently assumed that elderly persons lose their sexual desires or that they are physically unable to perform.
Furthermore, those charged with supervising the company on our behalf and protecting our savings were either incapable or unable to force the insurer to live in the real world.
Yet on very busy days the students will be under stress and unable to concentrate on learning new skills.
‘Unable to speak English and under the control of a gangmaster, these people were being paid one-fifth of the standard rate for their work,’ she added.
And, despite some stout defence, a feature of York's game this season, they were unable to prevent scrum half Duffy from scoring from short range.
If you don't know what a carcake is which you probably don't, because as far as I know I invented the term, it's a great big loaf of snow that sits atop a motor vehicle after a snowstorm which the driver was either unable or unwilling to clear. The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Cakes and Cheese
It was a fitting tribute to all those unable to attend. The Sun
The impression of warmth and comfort and beauty predominated, though he was unable to analyze it; while the simplicity delighted him -- expensive simplicity, he decided, and most of it leftovers from the time her father went broke and died. Chapter XVIII
The government are unable to stem the tide of popular indignation.
And after Vikarna's flight, Satruntapa, unable to repress his ire, began to afflict Partha, that obstructer of foes and achiever of super-human feats, by means of a perfect shower of arrows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
The blame rests with successive weak and myopic Cong govts whose stupid policies destroyed the economy, leaving India pauperized, unable to help anyone as she herself was abegging for aid. India vs China SnapShot
Unable to hold the city, he managed the evacuation adroitly, regrouping his forces at White Plains.
The victim was unable to give many details about her assailant because the attack was over in seconds.
Since I clearly am still unable to accomplish the feat of bilocation, the bank was most cooperative. Ripped off Prevention Tactics
Fistfights broke out in the hall and, for 20 minutes, police were unable to restore order.
It also has a public service obligation that means it has to enrol staff in its scheme if their employer is unable to. Times, Sunday Times
He was unable to account for the error.
Older people overwhelmingly feel that children have less respect for the older generation and older people are unable to discipline their children and grandchildren.
I didn't realize Vikki wasn't willing to break her healthy habits and was unable to convince her to share fish 'n chips with me.
Problems in his personal life became intolerable for him and he felt unable to face his future.
The two sides were unable to reach agreement.
There is also a Site you can go to to talk to people that have PML OR are care givers of people with PML who are unable to get on a computer to write: health. groups.yahoo.com I was one of these people at one time when I was bed ridder for THREE months and given 2 weeks to live. WN.com - Financial News
Unable to contain their joy, boys of Punjab broke into a song prompting their friends to do a jig.
For this fragile eaglet, ready to fall, unable to fly Professor Emman Osakwe « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News
If the aggrieved party is unable to establish the value of a loss of bargain he may seek compensation in respect of his reliance losses.
One time, not too long ago, I saw a line of lame dancers unable to participate in class, sitting on the sidelines, questioning when they would return to dance.
She was unable to contain her happiness.
His cornermen were unable to stop the bleeding between rounds, and the southpaw fought the entire second round with blood streaming down his face.
The drought has caused great harm to the growing of wheat in the province, with more than about 733,000 hectares of wheat land unable to be sown.
The pharmaceutical industry is clearly unable to meet the needs of people with neglected diseases.
She remains anonymous throughout, unable to answer, allowing Marlowe to continue to revel in his fantasy.
She shaped the words, unable to speak them with the knot of his noose twisting into her voicebox.
Mahmoud had been unable to uncover anything of a personal nature which might have prompted the attack.
And apraxia, which is often caused by a stroke, is a serious disorder that disrupts neural programming and often leaves its patients unable to speak at all. GEORGE W. Bushisms
Surgeons sewed most of the piece back on but were unable to replace a small section.
Without the adequate provision of childcare, many women who wish to work are unable to do so.
In 244 he seized Eryx in Sicily but was unable to raise the siege of Drepana.
One of my friend told me that he fell down in swimming pool accidentally, and unable to swim. Goodbye Old Friend. R.I.P. Rajeev Motwani
The room awash with its terrible light; a sky unable to rain. Times, Sunday Times
The story was nicely timed in public relations terms to swing media coverage away from his risible performance at the tribunal last week, when he was unable to recall matters of facts on a large number of occasions.
However, hospitalization is indicated for patients who are exhibiting signs of sepsis, who are vomiting and unable to stay hydrated, and who are having contractions.
The ETF as envisioned is a great tool for silver investment for those unable or unwilling to buy, carry and store silver but what started as a way to encourage demand is now diverting demand from real silver which would tighten the supply and make us profits. Archive 2008-07-20
Eighteen years and 110 Tests later he bowed out, with Nemesis unable to resist shaking her fist at him.
The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers. The Baronet's Bride
For Hare, however, any apparent case of akrasia must in fact be one in which the agent is actually unable to do Weakness of Will
You can finish the longest road step by step. But you may be unable to finish the shortest road if you have no action of striding.
The street was so crowded that cars were unable to pass.
Severe vomiting, diarrhoea, rectal tenesmus: unable to keep standing, she urinates under herself; the pupils are dilated, the eyes haggard; complete mind-blindness, near-total failure of reflexes, deep unconsciousness, breathing dyspneic, heart-beat faint and very fast, pulse barely perceptible; dead in thirty-six hours. Charles Richet - Nobel Lecture
She was unable to walk for six months and after a year her face was surgically reconstructed. Times, Sunday Times
A tracheotomic case may be aphonic, hence unable to call for help. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
She has been unable to expunge the details of the accident from her memory.
Her mental condition slowly deteriorates with her growing dependence on a fantasy she is unable to control.
As the technology behind photovoltaic energy advances, consumers will be unable to resist the urge to convert.
Similarly, the facetting pattern masks inclusions sufficiently that, anecdotally, lay-persons are unable to see certain inclusions (even down to SI2 or EVEN P1) even with a 10x loupe. Www.hardwarezone.com.sg
She showed herself unable to deal with money.
Outside the main gate were a few students with woebegone faces, for they had been unable to produce their identity cards and had therefore been denied entry.
Newspapers and television viewing are largely proscribed and inmates are often unable to contact their families for months.
These metabolites cause hemoglobin to be oxidized to methemoglobin which is unable to transport oxygen. 3 The presence of significant amounts of methemoglobin causes normal hemoglobin to hold on tighter to oxygen. Phenazopyridine
Cause national industry decline, because of domestic corporation unable to contend with international big company, .
He was unable to pierce the field and his method of blocking the ball with soft hands close to the wickets to pinch quick singles just didn't work.
It should not be confused with night terrors or panics, in which a child becomes acutely agitated and terror-struck at night, appearing to be awake while in fact asleep and unable to be woken.
You are unable to conceive of the man without conscience.
It is a pity that a book that has such detail is unable to overcome the obstacles of intricacy without leaving the reader stuck in the quagmire of literary and historical obscurity.
For a long time she had been out of control, unable to cope with the everyday demands of her new royal role.
Are we aware of evil's reality yet blind to its force and effects, unable to name and describe it?
Describing her mother's reaction to the news, Harrold said she was unable to face even her closest friends.
Fundamental in the personality of the hysterics is this instability, this emotionality, which is however secondary to an egotistic, easily wounded nature, craving sympathy and respect and often unable legitimately to earn them. The Nervous Housewife
The nation's current work force of scientific and technological specialists is unable to supply the pressing demand.
With temperatures below zero and icy roads many people were unable to get into the village for supplies of candles, batteries for torches etc.
The plants were unable to withstand the rigours of a harsh winter.
Louisa would move restlessly from one toy to another, apparently unable to concentrate on one activity.
The insomniac is unable to get sufficient sleep for their daily needs.
The former waitress is now a stay-at-home mum and is unable to return to work as she is too embarrassed to explain her condition to employers. The Sun
He has been in federal custody since his indictment last August, unable to make bail.
He was like a thick-witted detective at a crime scene, unable to make sense of clues right before his eyes.
Some of those unable to get to one of these Tweet-ups are contenting themselves with a glass of something cold at home – indeed, some of the Antipodean members have already celebrated! Online communities meeting offline « pwcom 2.0
His sophomore year, he was unable to pitch due to unsportsmanlike conduct directed towards one of the umpires that had gotten him ejected for the rest of the state tournament.
I was desirous, but unable, to obey; these gleams were such as preluded the stroke by which he fell; the hour, perhaps, was the same -- I shuddered as if I had beheld, suspended over me, the exterminating sword. Wieland; or the Transformation. An American Tale.
I am unable to determine by what law I ought to incur your wrath and that of your followers. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
Not only had my thyroid gland been unable to release normal amounts of hormones, it had actually been totally destroyed. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes she would wake at night unable to breathe, terrified she was suffocating.
But it is an exaggerated horror, itself suspect, which would make us unable to acknowledge the facts because of the seamy side of the facts.
He lost a non-executive position with a security company and has been unable to work since. Times, Sunday Times
But Mr. Mubarak's language and refusal to yield to what he called the intervention of foreigners left protesters furious, the scene in Cairo precarious and the White House seemingly unable to influence events. Crisis Puts White House in Disarray
In an earlier, pilot study, researchers used oral viscous budesonide to successfully treat two patients who had been unable to utilize fluticasone propionate.
I tossed about all night, unable to fall asleep.
Extreme Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Lore SjÃ¶berg eventually overcame these handicaps to discover that the word "cyberathlete" returns over 150,000 hits on Google. New Products Needed for Cyberathletes and Console Slugs
She was unable to grasp how to do it.
The system sent staff to the wrong places and many were unable to find the correct loading bays via the maze of corridors. Times, Sunday Times
Staff at the estate agents spent today and yesterday contacting owners, but there are still a number of people they have been unable to speak to.
They were unable to pull the 3,000-pound anchor to get separation between the two vessels and thus needed to detach the anchor.
The pilot was unable to maintain height.
He never prospered financially, and was unable to avail himself of the chance of a safe parliamentary seat as he lacked the money from captured enemy prizes to ‘grease the political machine’.
We are arrested, fascinated, by a convulsion of sound to which we are unable to assign a meaning.
A government source said he had been sent to the centre because officials had been unable to find enough volunteers. Times, Sunday Times
The animal, being unable to advance, was lifting his legs up and down (doing the _piaffer_), and sighing and groaning in agony. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
Indeed, some bands are unable to tour without their record company's financial support.
Although Bell and Abron were charged under state and federal statutes, the city was unable to shutter Diamonds Cabaret or even suspend its business license, though they also found a 17-year-old stripper working at the club in January. Lost Girl
The military government has been unable to win popular support.
His young companion was unable to keep the food down. Times, Sunday Times
Tyro found himself rigid, unable to move, and unable to breath.
Health services have been overburdened and are unable to care for many older people.
Doctors were unable to save her.
Furthermore, since it is unable to control the striking of the elements, untuneful noisy sounds, therefore, may occur.
Unable to afford a new car, we had to run the old one into the ground.
He was expected to be blind, deaf, unable to speak, and quadriplegic.
He smashed off the plastic cowling surrounding the ignition lock and attempted to hot-wire the car but was unable to start it.
With the stamp duty threshold sticking at £60,000, you can see why these extra costs contribute to first time buyers being unable to acquire their own homes.
He told me how the hospital had opened a telephone medical helpline for those with wounded or sick but who are unable to leave their homes.
It all comes down to ignorance though, fundamentally, if a substantial minority of the population is unable to even attempt an informed debate without resorting to pachydermal vitriol, then you will unfortunately be left with a corrupt, morally bankrupt set of lunatics. McCain's Lying Has Gone Too Far, According To ... Karl Rove!
Telecom has been unable or unwilling to make JetStream attractive to many of us.
Both men looked away from the steady gaze, unable to meet the frosty, hard look in those grey eyes.
In regard to your request for information, I regret to inform you that I am unable to help you.
I was unable to bate my enthusiasm.
The Court of Appeal concluded that he ordinarily worked outside Great Britain and was therefore unable to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.
Navy officials yesterday were unable to provide details about the proposed maintenance center, including its location, functions and staffing.
He was unable to attend the meeting in Moscow, because the Russian authorities had refused him a visa.sentence dictionary
Unable to see who had spoken I addressed my remarks to the whole crowd.
Banks have warned they would be unable to offer the service if they could not levy charges. The Sun
In the solemn atmosphere of the memorial ceremony, many victims' relatives were unable to contain their emotions as they remembered their loved ones.
If York regulars follow their usual route to the course they will be unable to reach it.
More interesting, perhaps, is the possibility that the co-eds themselves are the disease, unable to acclimate to the rural environment they've invaded.
But he was unable to speak or write Marathi and fellow students taunted him.
If you are unable to complete within that time, you will be charged a reinspection fee. Times, Sunday Times
My mind and body screamed at me but I was stuck, unable to move.
Poluski's quip; but that fleeting glimpse had thrilled her with subtle recognition of something grasped yet elusive, of a knowledge that trembled on the lip of discovery, like a half remembered word murmuring in the brain but unable to make itself heard. A Son of the Immortals
The results was that he was unable to see anything on the platform, except just nine sopranos and nine contraltos at each corner.
Police have so far been unable to trace the white Conway trailer, but a cheque from the Donnes has gone some way to lifting the youngster's spirits.
The two countries were unable to agree on a common strategy.
Unable to derive sufficient energy from glucose, the body begins to draw on stored fat. The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language
He was often unable to resist her girlish charms and detested the thought of making the poor child work more than she should.
Brown, who turns 93 at the end of this month, is unable to attend tomorrow's game.
An analog feedback signal, corresponding to the digital reference signal, is recovered from the tunable optical device.
Such a person would end up with a few very large schemata and would be unable to detect differences in things.
If Lesotho is unable to produce its own raw materials, then it's bye-bye AGOA.
A fine musician, Eddie had been unable to hit the right notes with his golf until Sunday, when his dedication to the game paid off.
She is always unable to pull the thread through the eye of the needle.
So she is unable to play with friends or join in the fun with extended family. The Sun
The child seems unable to explore all aspects of the stimulus, or decenter the visual inspection.
Unfortunately they were unable to find a suitable person to fill the post .
The captain wandered about like a lost soul, nervously chewing his mustache, scowling, unable to make up his mind what to do. THE SEED OF McCOY
Sam would place bets on the horses for him, as Dad was unable to write a slip, nor comprehend form.
But I am tired and unable to refrain from the snarking here, because this was just sloppy and pathetic. Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
In terms of accuracy, the arquebus was unable to match the accuracy of a bow in the hands of a highly-skilled archer. Firearms for Pathfinder « Geek Related
ASU has also been unable to produce any documentation of any policy related to sitting politicians and the conferment of honorary degrees. Dawn Teo: ASU Honorary Degree Policy For Sitting Politicians Not Documented
He chuckled, unable to disguise the fact that he was ticklish.
Paramedics arrived soon after but were unable to save her and she was certified as dead at the scene. Times, Sunday Times
Bird was unable to engage his gears, but managed to get going and finished at the back.
Mr Papandreou's Pasok, embittered and demoralised, remains unable to evolve from unreconstructed popularism and anti-right rhetoric.
They placed him in a small box, bound with commo wire, his hands still bound behind, he was only able to squat in the box, unable to move. Heroes or Villains?
Looking back at Labour health policy now, I have to ask myself how so many of us were unable to see through the mists of what Leys and Player call the "misrepresentation, obfuscation, and deception" perpetrated by Blair, Brown, and a host of health ministers all too willing to genuflect to the market zeitgeist. The Plot Against the NHS by Colin Leys and Stewart Player – review
Clearly, many factors besides abortion result in children whose biological families are unable to rear them. 2.
Note, 153, the witness, 32 years old, says, "I am unable to labour much now, as I am fashed with bad breathing -- the air below is very bad, and till lately no ventilation existed. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners
The mother is still on the stand and emotionally unable to continue on.
The reason is that Chavez cannot tolerate that the spotlight is taken away from him and when that happens he always burps something out that is sure to send the country into a newer chaotic spasm since Chavez underlings are unable to discern what is a mere dissimulated form of swearing and what might be actually a state policy. Lapi, Chavez and private health care
The books were inspired by her being unable to find sticking plasters in any colour but pink. Times, Sunday Times
This could result in claimants being unable to access their cash or running out of money before the end of the month. Times, Sunday Times
If you receive a red letter, there is a high risk of you being unable to repay your mortgage at the end of the endowment's term.
The police seem unable to cope with the rising tide of car crime.
Unable to swim or summon help, he soon lost consciousness and floated face down just a few metres off the beach at the resort of Los Christianos in May.
While the player has not suffered a dislocated shoulder or broken collar bone, he is in severe pain with apparent ligament damage and is unable to lift his arm which has been kept in a sling and strapping over the weekend.
Sir Leicester, for all his scrupulous politeness, is unable to assist her, and is left behind.
Unable to see out the operator inside was responsible for a few unintentional gropes during rehearsals!
We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions.
That way, shallow rooted weeds like foxtail and bluegrass will be unable to grow until the alfalfa has a head start.
Unfortunately, bankers and investment analysts took it seriously - unable, it seems, to do simple sums.
The tube was still in his mouth, making him unable to speak.
It saved his life but left him severely disabled: unable to speak, bedridden, and paralysed for eight months before he died.
Feminists are always sure of what they believe, and I can go along with them on many points, but I am unable to share their certainties or their assurance.
The crew seemed unable to right the capsized yacht.
With many fields under water, unharvested crops have been ruined and farmers are unable to do any new planting. Times, Sunday Times
He has been unable to work, has suffered great financial loss and his reputation left in tatters. Times, Sunday Times
In other words, it seemed that as petty commodity traders these marketwomen were often unable even to reproduce their present conditions.
Men secrete more androsterone than women do, and most men become unable to detect the stuff right around the time they start producing it themselves - at puberty.
Given the sums that they had borrowed from shopkeepers and moneylenders at high interest rates, tenants were unable to satisfy both their creditors in the towns and their landlords.
Typically, he will cover a turntable in glitter or a loudspeaker in a tight-fitting sequined tank top, thus rendering each object quite unable to function.
The 2010 election was the political equivalent of the perfect crime: The GOP vigorously took on all reforms designed to rebalance the economy for the long term, tying Washington up in contorted knots, then were rewarded at the polls by voters dissatisfied with an ugly D.C. culture unable to produce economic renewal. Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson: Giving the Keys Back to the Folks Who Crashed the Car
And people don't understand why I'm standing here in a virgin white race suit unable to answer whether I'm going to be racing for Jaguar next year?
He has been unable to work, has suffered great financial loss and his reputation left in tatters. Times, Sunday Times
Forest Goblin shamans are prone to run off dizzily, or just blunder about, unable to distinguish fact from venom-induced fiction.
Unable to present a viable alternative, the royalists were outmanoeuvred, sidelined and, in 1998, defeated.

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