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.
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The Reds are still far from full strength in the bullpen, the team’s weakness.
—Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 15 July 2022
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But, at the end of the day, look, weakness arouses evil.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2023
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The weakness of that plan was very clear from the drop with Bob Chapek.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 23 Nov. 2022
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Jack is the biggest evidence of the weakness in the wards.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
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The weakness of the Browns defense is their linebackers and safeties.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2022
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But events of the last few days show the core weakness of the Christie/McConnell approach.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
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Britain’s economy showed signs of weakness in the first three months of the year.
—New York Times, 21 June 2022
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Yes, their weaknesses are tough to take, and the losses painful.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
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Groff makes clear that Frank’s is a tragedy of weakness, not simply of greed.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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Percival now has a ring made out of the stuff, and Archie hates a weakness!
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 16 May 2022
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The failure of the stock to reach the channel highs before the recent plunge was a sign of weakness.
—Fortune, 15 May 2022
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In a sanctions war, there is a systemic weakness for the West.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2022
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The Trojans’ weakness was supposed to be up front on both sides of the ball, but that hasn’t been the case at all.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
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Give us the faith to trust the goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness.
—Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 19 Oct. 2022
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The strength of her mind stands in contrast with the weakness and frailty of her body and condition.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Jan. 2023
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Those gels in your belt, shorts, or bra pocket aren’t a sign of weakness.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 28 Jan. 2025
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What this step comes down to is that there is help and that asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2022
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The team is also in flux with depth, a weakness for this season.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
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The Ukrainians saw it as another sign of Western weakness.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
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In his sixth season, Williams is still struggling with the same weaknesses that plagued the first years of his career.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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Because to men particularly, loneliness can be tied in somehow to some kind of weakness.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
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A lot of what the project is doing is grasping at that weakness in connection and trying to reconstitute it in some way.
—Danny Hajjar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
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