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

The step may grow feeble, the hair may whiten, the eye may grow dim, but each human soul is still Thy child.

From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart

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

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