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Add to this, my late scenes of idleness and dissipation have enervated my mind to an alarming degree.

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

His excesses must, however, have enervated his frame long before his death by suffocation.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various

I have no doubt of success in a course of years if I persevere—but it must be patience—for the Reviews have enervated and made indolent 341 men’s minds—few think for themselves.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

But our minds are infected by sloth and idleness, and luxury, and languor, and indolence: we have enervated them by opinions, and bad customs.

From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke

Peace and prosperity of long duration have enervated the spirit, rusted the armor, and blunted the swords of our men.

From Japan by Murray, David