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
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.
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
About a year ago he began to grow feeble and seldom went to the factory, which Sanford managed for him.
From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
