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
A Dog, who had always given satisfaction to his master by his boldness against swift and savage beasts, began to grow feeble under increasing years.
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
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.
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)
The heart's action will also be observed to grow feeble in the course of severe cases, and its first sound indistinct, but neither of these changes is as marked in typhoid as in typhus fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
