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

Indeed, the past quarter-century has witnessed enfeeblement and decline�the end of an empire, the shrinking value of the pound sterling, near stagnation of a formerly innovative economy.

From Time Magazine Archive

“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

Human strength increases with enhancement and decreases with enfeeblement.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas

The neglect to which the great mass of working-men’s children are condemned leaves ineradicable traces and brings the enfeeblement of the whole race of workers with it. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence