enfeeblement

Example Sentences

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“Overstretch — the enfeeblement that comes with confusing ends and means — allows enemies to apply leverage: small maneuvers that have big consequences.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2018

Indeed, the past quarter-century has witnessed enfeeblement and decline�the end of an empire, the shrinking value of the pound sterling, near stagnation of a formerly innovative economy.

From Time Magazine Archive

“In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you. I find it a frustrating, humbling, infuriating experience.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

The chief danger of status is that of suppressing personal development, and so of causing social enfeeblement, rigidity, and ultimate decay.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

The result of all these influences is a general enfeeblement of the frame in the working-class. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence