weakness

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Recent Examples of weakness In those days, and even now, our parents and even me were told never to cry, that crying was a sign of weakness. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025 The disease moves quickly, with patients experiencing high fever, body aches, weakness, headache, a sore throat and, in some, a red, spotty rash. Mark Kortepeter, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Very high doses—more than 5,000 milligrams per day—can lead to magnesium toxicity, causing more severe symptoms like low blood pressure, muscle weakness, and abnormal heart rate. Alex Yampolsky, Health, 7 Apr. 2025 There were even rumors that sneezing in McMahon's presence was frowned upon, as it was perceived as a sign of weakness. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weakness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weakness
Noun
  • Regardless, that doesn’t stop many doctors, fitness professionals, and physical therapists from recommending Epsom salts in the treatment of muscle pain and fatigue.
    Alice Nardiotti, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
  • This season’s problem have been down to injuries and fatigue, a result of going deep in three or four competitions for the last eight years and exacerbated by an ageing squad.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 29-year-old was at fault for both of Lyon’s goals in Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final first leg in France, which United drew 2-2.
    David Ornstein, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • At that meeting, Yancy’s brother Darren told commissioners that the fault for the jail deaths lies with Waybourn.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Overtraining can lead to mental exhaustion and burnout.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The specific exhaustion of being a mother By Olga Khazan Subscribe to Listen1.0x 0:009:47 Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Less than three weeks after his storybook St. John’s season came to a sudden end, the Hall of Fame coach acknowledged a shortcoming that’s helped drive his roster building this spring.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • And while the firings of three coaches at the end of last season could be interpreted as a warning shot to Hyde, Elias surely knows the responsibility for the team’s current shortcomings falls more on him than his manager.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Kevin Waldman is a psychological researcher at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, specializing in the cognitive and developmental mechanisms underlying adolescent susceptibility to extremism.
    Kevin Waldman, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The other important factor was his being more familiar with how he is being pitched, as well as his own susceptibilities and the pitcher’s weaknesses.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This represents that a person belongs to Jesus Christ and that a person is grieving and morning for their sins.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
  • If a teacher required a student who believes that being gay is a sin to write an essay repudiating that belief, for example, that would be unconstitutional.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
  • President Biden’s troubles — lingering inflation, wars and rumors of wars, his debility — could have benefited any Republican.
    David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • That deficiency intensified now that Brown is heading to Jacksonville on a one-year deal, according to a team source.
    Ben Standig, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • According to a 2023 study, 35% of adults in the US are suffering from a vitamin D deficiency, and that can lead to a number of issues (poor immune system, risk of certain cancers, and liver and kidney disease, to name just a few).
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Weakness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weakness. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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