grow feeble
Example Sentences
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As one of a handful of younger volunteers, he’s worried about the longevity of the program as he’s seen staff and volunteers grow feeble and unable to help deliver meals.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
Paralyzed Rome, pillaged by the Visigoths, felt its life grow feeble, perceived its extremities, the occident and the orient, writhe in blood and grow more exhausted from day to day.
From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
It is for want of such strong meat as this that the spirit of an age tends to grow feeble.
From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John
The heart's action will also be observed to grow feeble in the course of severe cases, and its first sound indistinct, but neither of these changes is as marked in typhoid as in typhus fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
As he approaches it, however, his limbs grow feeble, his heart beats high, and he lacks courage to go near and knock.
From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William
