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
Before he can grow feeble and die he immolates himself willingly on his own altar; and a younger and a stronger than he receives his spirit.
From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant
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
Infernal imagination goes faint; its wildest similes grow feeble and banal before such a consummation of hell.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
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