enervation

Example Sentences

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A pair of rectangular glasses sit somewhat aslant on his round face, which after weeks of frantic travel and fitful sleep showed signs of enervation.

From New York Times • May 24, 2022

If this level of enervation persisted, it could take years to make it through all three seasons of “Succession.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

It’s not insane to throw yourself into a sea of anxious rumor, if it helps ward off enervation and despair.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2016

In contrast, failure naturally elicits bitterness, resentment, dolour, enervation, listlessness, pessimism and low self‑esteem – a pretty ugly package.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2013

Mrs. Carpenter was resting, in a very abandonment of rest; but in the abandonment of the moment shewing, as she did not use to shew it, the great enervation and prostration of her system.

From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan