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 ripped past their strengthless clutching fingers and yammered on the trail of the Martian.

From Duel on Syrtis by Anderson, Poul William

So little do you care for eternal joy?" the Valkyrie asks wistfully; "all in all to you is the poor woman who, tired and full of trouble, lies strengthless in your lap?

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Is it strange that her nerves, so long excited and so delicate in themselves, gave way at last, prostrating her to the earth, strengthless as a child?

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)