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
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
Infernal imagination goes faint; its wildest similes grow feeble and banal before such a consummation of hell.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
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
