Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies, a world where the strong dominated the weak, where power and wealth and status flowed through lineage and the many were ruled by the few.—Hilary Gowins, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 Anunoby, left unchecked, crashed from the weak side.—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026 The industry group, which represents 30,000 members, cited international travel barriers and rising costs as reasons for the weak demand.—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 June 2026 The philosopher and theologian David Bentley Hart says that Christianity brought a moral revolution to a world that assessed a person’s value based on things such as birth, class, and power, where the weak were despised.—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for the weak