mental faculties
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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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
Horst said Emerson did not fully possess his mental faculties when he was on the Horizon Air flight and did not consciously choose to put people at risk.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
It's long dried now, but the smeary lines running side to side suggest someone -who perhaps was not fully in control of his mental faculties -tried to wipe it away.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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