had enfeebled
- past perfect of enfeeble.
Example Sentences
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The war had enfeebled, physically and psychologically, the claims of Western power over the Eastern treasure house.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he was a stupid man, and the leading-strings in which his life had been held up to middle age had enfeebled such natural powers as he possessed.
From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
He wished to go too, but could not; for sickness had enfeebled him, and prudence pointed out the folly of roving again too soon across the northern tropic.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
I fled, hoping to reach the home of my birth; but age had enfeebled me; and being pursued, I sought refuge in this cave.
From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry
Something had enfeebled her, and the case for Cecil, which she had mastered so perfectly in London, would not come forth in an effective form.
From A Room with a View by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)
