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nervous prostration

NOUN
  1. an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work

How To Use nervous prostration In A Sentence

  • When I found him suffering from general debility and nervous prostration.
  • Instead, they sought beautiful scenery to adorn their lives and therapy to soothe the cares and nervous prostration brought on by their intense work habits.
  • I should distribute the ailments around: surgery cases to the surgeon; lupus to the actinic-ray specialist; nervous prostration to the Christian Scientist; most ills to the allopath & the homeopath; & (in my own particular case) rheumatism, gout, & bronchial attack to the osteopathist. Mark Twain: A Biography
  • Madame Ripault is off duty today, suffering, her doctor insists, from nervous prostration. MOONDROP TO MURDER
  • Asian ginseng may help with conditions like physical exhaustion, nervous prostration or emotional "burnout."
  • I should distribute the ailments around: surgery cases to the surgeons; lupus to the actinic-ray specialist; nervous prostration to the Christian Scientist; most ills to the allopath and the homeopath; (in my own particular case) rheumatism, gout and bronchial attacks to the osteopathist. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906)
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