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
“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
Armpit Swelling.—Often this comes as the result of a chill, or of enfeeblement of the system from various causes.
From Papers on Health by Edward Bruce Kirk
It is recognizable by the diminution or enfeeblement of internal sensation and by a greater difficulty in exercising memory, judgment and imagination.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
The chief danger of status is that of suppressing personal development, and so of causing social enfeeblement, rigidity, and ultimate decay.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
