How to Use weaken in a Sentence
weaken
verb- The dollar has continued to weaken against the euro.
- The beams had been weakened by water damage.
- The disease weakens the immune system.
- The disease causes the immune system to weaken.
- Some are concerned that the increase in taxes will weaken the economy.
- The recent setbacks have not weakened our resolve.
- Lower interest rates have weakened the dollar.
- These kinds of contradictions weaken your argument.
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Plant in the fall before the first frost; planting in the spring weakens them.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
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The events spurred protests and calls to weaken or disband ICE.
—Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
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Agreeing to a pick swap with the Lynx weakened the value of the pick that the Sky traded away.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
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In the past six weeks, the euro has weakened more than 2 percent against the dollar.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
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At the same time, some parts of the Sun's magnetic field weaken, and the field lines open out into space.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
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But the strict law that ensured that success was weakened this year.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
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All of this has served to weaken the hand of President Emmanuel Macron at home.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hunger weakens the body’s defenses and opens the door to disease.
—NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
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Ozone pollution, meanwhile, can stunt the growth of trees and weaken plants, per the report.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
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But the report warns that inequities could weaken progress.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2022
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This weakens the shaft on each strand and increases the breakage rate.
—Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
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Rule number one: Never soak pearls as doing so can cause the string to weaken and break.
—Lauren Smith McDonough, Good Housekeeping, 28 Feb. 2023
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Too much water can cause the fibers to weaken, become brittle, and break.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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This weakens the follicle over time to stifle hair from growing in the first place.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 May 2025
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In other words, the president may seek to weaken the jobs market.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
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Winds are the strongest east of I-15, and are expected to weaken on Tuesday evening.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022
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The White House has weakened the bonds of commerce through tariffs that threaten the economies of vital allies like Japan.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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Punctures weaken the plants, but most of the damage comes from the honeydew falling onto the leaves and fruit.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 24 Sep. 2022
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That doesn't weaken us in terms of the criticism or the differences of opinion.
—NBC News, 30 Jan. 2022
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The heat dome is expected to weaken and shift west this weekend allowing for the heat to back off.
—Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
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Saturn in Aries is a very challenging energy because the planet is weakened in this zodiac sign.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 1 June 2025
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But with these de-escalations occurring, rates are likely to go on a downward slope if demand for carrier space weakens.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 June 2025
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