enfeeblement

Example Sentences

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“Overstretch — the enfeeblement that comes with confusing ends and means — allows enemies to apply leverage: small maneuvers that have big consequences.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2018

Indeed, the past quarter-century has witnessed enfeeblement and decline�the end of an empire, the shrinking value of the pound sterling, near stagnation of a formerly innovative economy.

From Time Magazine Archive

“In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you. I find it a frustrating, humbling, infuriating experience.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Dementia, de-men′shi-a, n. general mental enfeeblement, with loss of memory, reason, feeling, and will: often the consequence of acute mania.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Care of Patients with Paresis.—This is a form of insanity characterized by progressive dementia and increasing bodily enfeeblement and paralysis.

From How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses by Granger, William D.