enervation
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A pair of rectangular glasses sit somewhat aslant on his round face, which after weeks of frantic travel and fitful sleep showed signs of enervation.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
If this level of enervation persisted, it could take years to make it through all three seasons of “Succession.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022
Radio and television broadcasts about these events make up part of Suspiria’s murmuring ambient soundtrack, though the facts of what happened seem less important than the general mood of anxiety and enervation.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2018
In contrast, failure naturally elicits bitterness, resentment, dolour, enervation, listlessness, pessimism and low self‑esteem – a pretty ugly package.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013
Or, to come nearer, And put the case a little clearer:— Mind, just like bodies, suffer enervation, By too much use; And sink into a state of relaxation, With long abuse.
From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by George Colman
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