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 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.

Observe him, how he mumbles inarticulately, and makes strengthless clutchings at the blanket with his long, slender fingers.

From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian

"Aye—" She bowed her head, a strengthless despair weighting it down.

From The Valor of Cappen Varra by Anderson, Poul William