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

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)

So little do you care for eternal joy?" the Valkyrie asks wistfully; "all in all to you is the poor woman who, tired and full of trouble, lies strengthless in your lap?

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

She was worse than strengthless against Denis Oglethorpe.

From Theo A Sprightly Love Story by Burnett, Frances Hodgson