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Weaken
"Weaken" in a Sentence (14 examples)
Passions weaken, but habits strengthen, with age.
As expectation increases that the dollar will weaken, the foreign exchange market's reaction to US economic indicators has been fairly muted.
If the spectators made fun of the other team, then it would weaken their morale.
They watched her gradually weaken as the disease progressed.
The foundation of this house is beginning to weaken.
The United States needed ten years of embargo in order to weaken Iraq.
My failure did not weaken my self-confidence.
The storm will weaken during the course of the day.
During the reigns of Kings Louis XV and Louis XVI, France supported the English colonists in their resistance against the London government not because of an admiration for democracy but because the French wanted to weaken the British, who, for a long period of time, had been the enemies of the Government of France.
If you want to weaken Samson, cut off his hair when he sleeps. The secret of his strength is in his hair, you see.
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Over the years my enthusiasm for the job has weakened.
My friends, we are confronted with a serious situation. But it is typical of the security problems of the world today. Powerful and aggressive forces are constantly probing, now here, now there, to see whether the free world is weakened. In the face of this, there are no easy choices available. It is misleading for anyone to imply that there are. However, the present situation, though serious, is by no means desperate or hopeless.
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