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.
• Plant in the fall before the first frost; planting in the spring weakens them.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
• The events spurred protests and calls to weaken or disband ICE.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
• 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
• In the past six weeks, the euro has weakened more than 2 percent against the dollar.
  — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
• 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
• But the strict law that ensured that success was weakened this year.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
• All of this has served to weaken the hand of President Emmanuel Macron at home.
  — Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• Hunger weakens the body’s defenses and opens the door to disease.
  — NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• Ozone pollution, meanwhile, can stunt the growth of trees and weaken plants, per the report.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
• But the report warns that inequities could weaken progress.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2022
• This weakens the shaft on each strand and increases the breakage rate.
  — Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
• 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
• Too much water can cause the fibers to weaken, become brittle, and break.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
• This weakens the follicle over time to stifle hair from growing in the first place.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 May 2025
• In other words, the president may seek to weaken the jobs market.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That doesn't weaken us in terms of the criticism or the differences of opinion.
  — NBC News, 30 Jan. 2022
• 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
• All components of [Oxford’s] index weakened this month.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 26 June 2025
• If the economy weakens enough, the Fed may respond by lowering interest rates to stimulate growth.
  — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 26 June 2025