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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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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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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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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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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Number one is a point of strength for them, but also a point of weakness.
—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2024
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That left the Fed to fight economic weakness on its own.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
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Aside from the slow starts, the Hoosiers’ biggest weakness has been their run defense.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
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All three of the touchdowns to Smith were new designs built to exploit a weakness.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023
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His starters showed no signs of weakness from the opening kickoff.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
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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
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But the response to four years of weakness must not be four years of isolation.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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Yet its weakness should be evident right from the start.
—Jay Cost, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
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Does Harris have the same weaknesses as Biden there, if not even more so?
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 23 July 2024
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Because of this, the Fed is watching the jobs market closely for signs of weakness.
—Simon Moore, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
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Digital visual effects are simply a set of tools with particular strengths and weaknesses.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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