lose strength
Example Sentences
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As people get older, their blood and immune systems gradually lose strength.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2026
After hitting the coast, most typhoons tend to lose strength while moving into the mountainous interior of southeastern China, although they sometimes linger over areas, dropping heavy rain.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
And that was before the megadrought, which dried out soils within the levees and underneath them — causing the structures to weaken and lose strength, Vahedifard said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
"I didn't want to face up to the fact that something could be wrong at that point, until I started to lose strength in my arm and my hand," Slater told BBC Breakfast.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2022
If you are immobile at that altitude you lose strength in the cold, and then you are unable to do anything.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
