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
It is for want of such strong meat as this that the spirit of an age tends to grow feeble.
From Among Famous Books by John Kelman
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 Catharine Esther Beecher
Paralyzed Rome, pillaged by the Visigoths, felt its life grow feeble, perceived its extremities, the occident and the orient, writhe in blood and grow more exhausted from day to day.
From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
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 Peter Langley
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