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 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)
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
Dwindle, dwin′dl, v.i. to grow less: to waste away: to grow feeble: to become degenerate.—v.t. to lessen.—n. decline.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
