How to Use weakness in a Sentence

weakness

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  • 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.
  • But, at the end of the day, look, weakness arouses evil.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The weakness of that plan was very clear from the drop with Bob Chapek.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Jack is the biggest evidence of the weakness in the wards.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Yes, their weaknesses are tough to take, and the losses painful.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Groff makes clear that Frank’s is a tragedy of weakness, not simply of greed.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
  • The strength of her mind stands in contrast with the weakness and frailty of her body and condition.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Number one is a point of strength for them, but also a point of weakness.
    — CBS News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • That left the Fed to fight economic weakness on its own.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • All three of the touchdowns to Smith were new designs built to exploit a weakness.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023
  • His starters showed no signs of weakness from the opening kickoff.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Yet that has been a weakness during the last two weeks while the Clippers have lost six of their last eight games.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Yet its weakness should be evident right from the start.
    — Jay Cost, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Does Harris have the same weaknesses as Biden there, if not even more so?
    — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 23 July 2024
  • Because of this, the Fed is watching the jobs market closely for signs of weakness.
    — Simon Moore, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In the end, the one thing the armies of the American left and right may have most in common is a weakness for performance art.
    — Joe Klein, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The latest film follows a group of friends who will be forced to face the weaknesses in each other and their bond.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Not doing so is not a sign of weakness or a lack of moral character.
    — Shon Faye, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2023
  • But the Tigers are addressing their main weakness from 2022.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2023
  • For many in the region, such language smacks of a dangerous kind of weakness rather than strength.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • For months now, the economy has been showing signs of weakness.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Toxic substances which may be produced by the harmful algal bloom can lead to headaches, weakness, shortness of breath, muscle spasms and gastrointestinal illnesses.
    — Lena Miano, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • While consumer confidence was strong, a lower-than-expected number of job openings indicated some potential weakness in the labor market.
    — Hakyung Kim,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024

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