enervation

Example Sentences

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If this level of enervation persisted, it could take years to make it through all three seasons of “Succession.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

It’s not insane to throw yourself into a sea of anxious rumor, if it helps ward off enervation and despair.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2016

Nor, he added, was he ashamed of performing a job that causes almost daily enervation to the residents of New York.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2015

In contrast, failure naturally elicits bitterness, resentment, dolour, enervation, listlessness, pessimism and low self‑esteem – a pretty ugly package.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2013

He knew that his position was to be maintained by fear and a strong hand, and that enervation meant destruction.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis