enfeeblement
Example Sentences
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“Overstretch — the enfeeblement that comes with confusing ends and means — allows enemies to apply leverage: small maneuvers that have big consequences.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2018
“In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you. I find it a frustrating, humbling, infuriating experience.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
It appears as if we must regard eternity as outliving every progressive change, For there is no convergence or enfeeblement of time.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
These tuberosities decay more or less rapidly and deeply, and when they rot deeply cause enfeeblement or death to the vine.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
We have had enough of divisions, enough of mortal hatred, enough causes of enfeeblement!
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
