How to use "ability" in a sentence

I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States

Values have shrunk to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; and the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone

An ability.

Her ability to create a stylish stage show was not a fluke; she had taste and a sharp eye that instantly knew the difference between prettiness and genuine beauty, between cleverness and art

And even if those were examples of psychic ability, little tricks like that are light-years from what you're attributing to Danny now."

"Maybe it took a year of stress and fear to develop the ability

What do you call that? Isn't there a name for that ability?"

"If he has one ability, why not the other?"

He was briefly immobilized, dazed by his own ability to strike so fast and so violently

He had an amazing ability to detect a lie even before it was spoken

Inspector Slack was praised for his energy and ability

These germs of disease have killed people and animals since the beginning of time, but over these many years we have developed the ability to fight against them