lose strength
Example Sentences
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Polystyrene can be chemically recycled using heat, but repeated treatments degrade the material, causing it to lose strength and flexibility.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
But now, when they die down or lose strength — which they occasionally do, especially in the late summer to fall — the marine heat wave moves in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
Bret was expected to lose strength after entering the eastern Caribbean Sea and was forecast to dissipate by the weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 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
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