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
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
Before he can grow feeble and die he immolates himself willingly on his own altar; and a younger and a stronger than he receives his spirit.
From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant
The very soul in him withered with dread, and he seemed to shrivel up bodily, and to grow feeble, and old, and wilted, like a leaf that the frost has touched.
From The Gadfly by Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian)
It is for want of such strong meat as this that the spirit of an age tends to grow feeble.
From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John
