strengthless

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And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2016

Dr. Ernst Distelmeyer," joyless, strengthless Dr. Ley relinquished a vial of poison and told his U.S. captors: "I will always believe that Adolf Hitler was Germany's greatest man.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Lord Hope fell back against the window-frame, strengthless from excess of feeling, she laid a hand upon the girl's shoulder, and, turning her face gently to the289 light, gazed upon it with tender scrutiny.

From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

It seems impossible for a strong full chord to be prolonged, however powerfully the strings are swept: it dies away again the next moment in the soft and strengthless echo of history.

From Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Observe him, how he mumbles inarticulately, and makes strengthless clutchings at the blanket with his long, slender fingers.

From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian