"I can't help it," I answered feebly, for I was sick with the sight and sound of those creatures.

"Yes, I am still alive," I answered feebly.

When she opened the bedroom door and called out Philippe's name, he answered feebly.

To his surprise, the beetle answered feebly: "Yes, lord."

"It is hospitality turned upside down," I answered feebly.

"I wish't you'd listen to reason," she answered feebly, but with unwavering belief in the correctness of her diagnosis of what was ailing him.

"I don't know what you mean," she answered feebly.

Something about her appearance and fierce manner of address alarmed me so much that I could only answer feebly: "Below, madam, below."

Chicks had a "plaintive cry, pleasant to the ear", would feebly answer imitations by people, and were very noisy when kept in tents.

"Well, times are not what they were, my child," Mr. Pebble answered feebly.