Synonyms
Examples of weakness in a Sentence
The weakness of her voice surprised me.
The incident exposed his weakness as a leader.
Some see compromise as a sign of weakness.
the weakness of a radio signal connection
the weakness of the dollar
I told them my secret in a moment of weakness.
The tutor assessed the student's strengths and weaknesses.
The basketball team has few weaknesses.
Chocolate is my greatest weakness.
He has a weakness for desserts.
Recent Examples on the Web
If big states suffer problems of cohesion, small states suffer the consequences of weakness.
—
Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Chinese consumers have typically snapped up gold when prices drop, which has helped establish a floor for the market during times of weakness.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2024
World & Nation Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward
April 19, 2024
Some U.S. lawmakers said coming to Ukraine’s aid now had helped avert sending a dangerous signal of U.S. weakness to Moscow.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
China is an impressive peer competitor with great strengths but also weaknesses.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
In an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, a former commander of U.S. Central Command argued that Iran’s aerial assault was a display of weakness.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Clinton's 2016 loss in Wisconsin had become for some the emblem of her fatal weakness in the Great Lakes region.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 13 Apr. 2024
One of the study’s weaknesses, per Ishaaya, was that the researchers only analyzed data from women taking statins.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 11 Apr. 2024
The job of the Biden administration is to judge those weaknesses correctly, exploit them ruthlessly, and, with its allies, help Ukraine defeat an enemy as cruel and malignant as any in history.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Chinese consumers have typically snapped up gold when prices drop, which has helped establish a floor for the market during times of weakness.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2024
World & Nation Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward
April 19, 2024
Some U.S. lawmakers said coming to Ukraine’s aid now had helped avert sending a dangerous signal of U.S. weakness to Moscow.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
China is an impressive peer competitor with great strengths but also weaknesses.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
In an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, a former commander of U.S. Central Command argued that Iran’s aerial assault was a display of weakness.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Clinton's 2016 loss in Wisconsin had become for some the emblem of her fatal weakness in the Great Lakes region.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 13 Apr. 2024
One of the study’s weaknesses, per Ishaaya, was that the researchers only analyzed data from women taking statins.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 11 Apr. 2024
The job of the Biden administration is to judge those weaknesses correctly, exploit them ruthlessly, and, with its allies, help Ukraine defeat an enemy as cruel and malignant as any in history.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Weakness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weakness. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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