enfeebling
- present participle of enfeeble.
Example Sentences
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His balding head’s scraggly hair—in contrast to the wigs worn by just about every Frenchman at the time, no matter the social class—is both ennobling and a bit enfeebling, like an aging but distinguished mane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
They fear that the enfeebling of the judiciary will compromise the rule of law and make the economy unattractive for investment.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
It’s an image that evokes an enfeebling combination of envy and rage, as it becomes increasingly clear that the botters are perpetually one step ahead of our mere keyboards and mouses.
From The Verge ● May 25, 2022
That is, what if books by Coelho, Mitch Albom and others don’t satisfy a market so much as create it, enfeebling their readers while purporting to strengthen them with revelations?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2020
This provision was important as a means of enfeebling the barons.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
