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
But as days wore on and the fever did not abate, the little life in that small frame began to grow feeble.
From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.
When the maid would go about in the night with a candle, the light thereof would diminish, grow feeble as if in dampness, and finally go out.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
Infernal imagination goes faint; its wildest similes grow feeble and banal before such a consummation of hell.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
About a year ago he began to grow feeble and seldom went to the factory, which Sanford managed for him.
From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
