mental faculties
Americanplural noun
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mental faculty
singular
Example Sentences
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In the closing days of the war, close allies questioned his mental faculties.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
It’s also remarkable, given that I sustained a hard blow to the back of my head, that I’ve been able to speak and maintain my mental faculties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
I wrote about this some months ago and noted that he's terrified of losing his mental faculties because his own father had Alzheimer's disease.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2024
The cause of his symptoms was unconfirmed, though doctors suspected he had Parkinson’s disease due to difficulties he was having with muscle spasms and his mental faculties slowing.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
"Within four days of running out of food, he'll barely be able to stand up, let alone control a rover. Plus, his mental faculties will rapidly decline. He'd have a hard time even staying awake."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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