strengthless

Example Sentences

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And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2016

Dr. Ernst Distelmeyer," joyless, strengthless Dr. Ley relinquished a vial of poison and told his U.S. captors: "I will always believe that Adolf Hitler was Germany's greatest man.

From Time Magazine Archive

He places the arm of the still strengthless youth about his neck, and gently upholds him as they start on their way.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

He raised his strengthless hand for a few inches, and let it fall with a gesture of hopeless wretchedness.

From A Sheaf of Corn by Mann, Mary E.

Witness this primrose bank whereon I lie; These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me, Two strengthless doves will draw me through the sky, From morn to night, even where I list, to sport me.

From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.