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

He ripped past their strengthless clutching fingers and yammered on the trail of the Martian.

From Duel on Syrtis by Anderson, Poul William

But not to strength; the little that she had gained was spent by that long interview, with all its attendant conflicting emotions, and Leslie lay, strengthless once more, at the mercy of her enemies.

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.

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