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
It would lock the streams and sweep the land with snow, the sun would grow feeble in the sky, and the spirit of Cold would descend with its age-old terrors.
From The Snowshoe Trail by Marshall, Edison
Paralyzed Rome, pillaged by the Visigoths, felt its life grow feeble, perceived its extremities, the occident and the orient, writhe in blood and grow more exhausted from day to day.
From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
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
