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
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
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)
She is very old, and must soon grow feeble, and then—” “And then?” said Rooney, as the other paused.
From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Always and everywhere, for the past eighteen hundred years, as soon as these wings grow feeble or give way, public and private morals degenerate.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Durand, John
