grow feeble
Example Sentences
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As one of a handful of younger volunteers, he’s worried about the longevity of the program as he’s seen staff and volunteers grow feeble and unable to help deliver meals.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
The Jamesons are still with us every summer—even Grandma Cobb, who does not seem to grow feeble at all.
From The Jamesons by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
About a year ago he began to grow feeble and seldom went to the factory, which Sanford managed for him.
From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Oh, how lamentable; how much to be regretted, that a hero, too, can grow feeble and old!
From Old Fritz and the New Era by Langley, Peter
When the maid would go about in the night with a candle, the light thereof would diminish, grow feeble as if in dampness, and finally go out.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
