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
Having no backs to their seats, as is generally the case, the muscles, which are employed in holding up the body, are kept in a state of constant tension, till they grow feeble from overworking.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
We have heard the terrible English 'Hurra' grow feeble, and 'St. Denis' swell like a wind in heaven.
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
Oh, how lamentable; how much to be regretted, that a hero, too, can grow feeble and old!
From Old Fritz and the New Era by Langley, Peter
The step may grow feeble, the hair may whiten, the eye may grow dim, but each human soul is still Thy child.
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart
