debilitate
verb (used with object)
to make weak or feeble; enfeeble.
was debilitating
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past progressiveof debilitate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Then staff tensions in No 10 led to “well-documented dysfunction that was debilitating and depleted attention, resolve and resilience”, they add.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
Got No. 22 at the French Open, where he overcame what he said was debilitating pain in his left foot to lift the trophy for the 14th time by beating Casper Ruud in the final.
From Washington Times ● May 18, 2023
“I had psychic pain that was debilitating because I didn’t know what to do,” he continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
This time, it wasn’t the disease that was debilitating him; it was the treatment.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2017
This shift, she noted, had profound consequences for the future of racial justice advocacy; in fact, it was debilitating to the movement.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
