waste away
Lose energy and vigor, become enfeebled and weak, as in She was wasting away before our eyes. [Late 1300s]
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How to use waste away in a sentence
Perhaps it's his bringin' up; but he sickens day by day, And he doesn't take no food, and I'm seein' him waste away.
East and West: Poems | Bret HarteIf any one group is over-used there will come a time when they will begin to waste away.
Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them | Charles David MusgroveFor wise Zeus ordained that he should live for three generations of mortal men and not waste away with old age.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and HesiodHe would believe himself sincere and in the end his resolution would waste away into procrastination and specious excuses.
A Pagan of the Hills | Charles Neville BuckIt is not allowed to waste away, however much the constituent parts of it may shift.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates Clark
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