strengthless

Example Sentences

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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

"Aye—" She bowed her head, a strengthless despair weighting it down.

From The Valor of Cappen Varra by Anderson, Poul William

Is it strange that her nerves, so long excited and so delicate in themselves, gave way at last, prostrating her to the earth, strengthless as a child?

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

It has been found useful in strengthless indigestion, especially when this is complicated with sluggish torpor of the liver.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas