How to Use weak in a Sentence
weak
adjective- The door's hinge is weak.
- The child was born with weak lungs.
- The batter hit a weak ground ball.
- The illness left her too weak to stand up.
- He has a weak throwing arm.
- She uttered her reply in a weak voice.
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Bellinger, though, was not one of those weak points.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Those of us too weak to resist.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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This is also a very weak goalie class.
—Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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This is a great bank buying a weak bank.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
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Three hearts is a weak call showing a fit.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
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Use Fans Many gnats are weak fliers.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
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Still weak, blood pressure low.
—Bruce Headlam, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Ice tends to be weak when things are sticking out of it.
—Ray Petelin, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
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Now take a weak domain and shave 3% off each step.
—Darpan Munjal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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In a tough midterm year, the last thing Biden needs is to look weak.
—NBC News, 19 Apr. 2022
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Needing help isn’t a sign of a weak parent.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 3 Apr. 2026
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The market’s weak breadth is starting to catch up to it.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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Crowding does not mean the business is weak.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
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His week on other matters is, well weak.
—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
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As predators on the top of the food chain, whale sharks feed off the weak and sick.
—Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
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There are other weak points in the gameplay, too.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
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Back pain is rarely the result of one tight area or weak muscle.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
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This was a weak case for blasphemy.
—Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
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The statement was strong, the response at the event was weak.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
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This sounds cool, but the for me the biggest weak spot is Alexa.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
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Two large fistfuls of hair were stuck in its teeth, yanked loose like weak weeds from dirt.
—Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
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But options for changing that are weak.
—Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Where trust is weak, data is questioned.
—Katerin Le Folcalvez, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
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The new regime frankly didn’t have a lot to work with, and the roster had a weak base.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
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