grow feeble

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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

Having no backs to their seats, as is generally the case, the muscles, which are employed in holding up the body, are kept in a state of constant tension, till they grow feeble from overworking.

From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther

Cultivate the reading habit in your younger days that it may be a pleasant occupation when your legs and hands grow feeble with age.

From Dollars and Sense by Hunter, William Crosbie

We have heard the terrible English 'Hurra' grow feeble, and 'St. Denis' swell like a wind in heaven.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

But as days wore on and the fever did not abate, the little life in that small frame began to grow feeble.

From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.