grow feeble

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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

She is very old, and must soon grow feeble, and then—” “And then?” said Rooney, as the other paused.

From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

The very soul in him withered with dread, and he seemed to shrivel up bodily, and to grow feeble, and old, and wilted, like a leaf that the frost has touched.

From The Gadfly by Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian)

But the days have begun to grow feeble before one learns how to meet them; how to take the gifts humbly, scorning none, and how to make each day give up its secret balm.

From A Spinner in the Sun by Reed, Myrtle