Example Sentences

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McCoy feared that the rarefied air in the Enterprise was enervating the crew.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

At first he thought the draught stimulative, but in a while he began to know that it was enervating.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

The labour was terrible, for now it was as if they were forcing their way through a bath of hot vapour which was enervating in the extreme.

From Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy by Overend, William Heysham

The sudden heat was enervating and gave her the feeling of luxurious languor that she longed to enjoy with a sense of security and freedom from care.

From What Can She Do? by Roe, Edward Payson

There was every possible comfort at the Court; at the same time there was an absence of all that was enervating.

From Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School by Meade, L. T.