enfeeblement
- a word derived from enfeeble.
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
“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
Stage of extreme enfeeblement with diminution and final loss of power.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Long after the political break-up and enfeeblement of the Arabs, this intellectual community of the Arab-speaking world endured.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
We have had enough of divisions, enough of mortal hatred, enough causes of enfeeblement!
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
