How to Use feeble in a Sentence

feeble

adjective

• We heard a feeble cry for help.
• She's still feeble from her long illness.
• He made a feeble attempt to explain his behavior.
• He offered a feeble excuse for his behavior.
• Business is suffering because of the feeble economy.
• One is the picture of youth, the other gray and feeble.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 June 2022
• In the case of brown dwarfs, though, that shine is pretty feeble.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
• The sky began to shed a feeble, dry snow into the wind.
  — Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
• Walking the red carpet dressed in black is a feeble form of protest.
  — Robin Givhan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• The keeper of the deck log reached the bow at last and let out five feeble honks, surely too late to do any good.
  — Annie Murphy Paul, Wired, 15 June 2021
• The Wildcats’ feeble offense had no chance to close that gap.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2019
• The feeble sun slid beneath the mountains as Mum called us in for supper.
  — Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
• In a game full of great kickers right now, Tucker’s state of the art—and the best offensive weapon the feeble Ravens have.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• Add that to the list of dishes whose connection to their own name is feeble at best.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
• The Gaza Strip’s already feeble health system is being brought to its knees by the fourth war in just over a decade.
  — Fares Akram and Aya Batrawy, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2021
• Los Angeles has weathered the storm, thanks in part to a feeble NL West.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 29 May 2018
• My poor mother has spent too many years putting up with feeble hugs from the arms of her deadbeat son.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021
• The first night of the GOP convention was the dying gasp of the party’s feeble crack at right-wing populism.
  — J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2020
• They were shoved into lines, and those deemed too old, too young or too feeble were murdered the same day.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
• As the nurse helped him out of the wheelchair, my family saw for the first time how feeble his body had become.
  — Melinda Butler Mayo, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022
• And the hitter around whom the entire franchise is built continues to look feeble at the plate.
  — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 18 May 2018
• Winston Smith awakens in the basement of the Ministry of Love, groggy and dazed, scared and feeble.
  — SI.com, 1 Oct. 2019
• The good news for the Knicks is that the Eastern Conference continues to grow more feeble.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 1 July 2017
• The Hawks, meanwhile, appeared feeble when they were throttled by Boston in the first two games of this first-round matchup.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
• Prove to me that your first two wins weren’t mirages, mere strokes of luck against feeble opponents.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2017
• Outside, a shuttle bus was dispatched to drive in front of the protesters in a feeble effort to block the noise.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• But by the end of that year, the yield on the U.S. bond market had fallen to barely more than 1%—meaning that future returns were bound to be feeble.
  — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 6 May 2022
• Purists maintain the franchise owes it to itself to win since the division isn’t out of any team’s feeble reach.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2020
• Even the appearance of the Rally Monkey, the Angels’ cult-favorite mascot, drew feeble applause.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
• Whatever the cause, and however feeble, watching Ben and Louise take a stand was a satisfying update for McNairy, who's a fan of the 2022 version.
  — Mike Miller, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024