How to Use weakness in a Sentence

weakness

noun
  • The weakness of her voice surprised me.
  • He has a weakness for desserts.
  • I told them my secret in a moment of weakness.
  • Some see compromise as a sign of weakness.
  • The tutor assessed the student's strengths and weaknesses.
  • The incident exposed his weakness as a leader.
  • The basketball team has few weaknesses.
  • Chocolate is my greatest weakness.
  • Why is that seen as a weakness?
    Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This is both a lie and a weakness.
    Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This shouldn't be seen as a weakness.
    Sabrina Romanoff, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • That is our strength, not our weakness.
    Siafa Lewis, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t be afraid to show weakness.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That is our strength, not our weakness.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That proved to be both a strength and a weakness.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That’s not weakness; that’s the whole point of us.
    Time, 10 June 2026
  • Phills’ one off-court weakness, though, was fast cars.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
  • With Erik, there was a weakness to him.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • So what is the Knicks' weakness?
    David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • The change has nothing to do with weakness.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Maybe you’ve been told that crying is a sign of weakness.
    Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But fatigue and weakness can last for weeks or months.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This is not a story about weakness.
    Amy Cuddy, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • To frame rest as a strategic choice rather than a weakness.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Pissed off at his weakness, Rick throws it out of the door.
    Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Teams have a firm grasp of his strengths and weaknesses.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.
    Helen Dennis, Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • What are the weaknesses of this call?
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • This is the Switch 2's one weakness.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This is the Switch 2's one weakness.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026

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