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

She was worse than strengthless against Denis Oglethorpe.

From Theo A Sprightly Love Story by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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.

The mate who should the captain's care divide Has strengthless proved.

From The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President by Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline)