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

At the same time the whole spectrum suffers enfeeblement; water attacks all its rays, but with different degrees of energy.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

Stage of extreme enfeeblement with diminution and final loss of power.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson