WEAK in a Sentence

Learn WEAK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
288 example sentences for WEAK, such as:
1. She was born with a weak heart.
2. New Zealand was weak in defense.
3. The strong usually dominate over the weak.
4. The animal was weak through loss of blood.
5. Don't stand on that chair, it's got a weak leg.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of WEAK
weak
 a.  lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
 a.  wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  At first its weak flame made no impression on the shadows; then Zeena's face stood grimly out against the uncurtained pane, which had turned from grey to black.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  His wife's retort was like a knife-cut across the sinews and he felt suddenly weak and powerless.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  This was difficult, for Scarlett had not a subtle bone in her body; and Gerald was so much like her he never failed to penetrate her weak subterfuges, even as she penetrated his.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  She sat down again very suddenly, the reaction from her rage making her knees feel weak.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  She caught hold of the back of the chair, her knees going weak under her, as Rhett Butler rose from the sofa where he had been lying and made her a bow of exaggerated politeness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  Now she could do almost as she pleased, Pittypat being the weak vessel that she was.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  And as for France, that weak imitation of Napoleon is far too busy establishing the French in Mexico to be bothered with us.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  She's so frail and weak and you're so strong, Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
9  But lying weak and forlorn in the bed, she could only nod.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  The lawn was covered with prostrate men, too tired to walk farther, too weak from wounds to move.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  As she stood in the sunshine on the front porch, thanking the young man for his trouble, Scarlett felt her knees go weak.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
12  If anything went wrong, Melanie would be too weak to call.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  She felt as limp as a rag doll, warm, weak and helpless, and his supporting arms were so pleasant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  Only the tired plop-plop of the horse's feet and the weak wailing of Melanie's baby broke the stillness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
15  She was too exhausted and weak from fright to tolerate weakness in anyone else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1  The gorgeous words,weak language,actually cannot replace what.
2  African hunting dogs will tear at the flesh of their victim until it is weak.
3  The animal was weak through loss of blood.
4  I tried not to draw attention to the weak points in my argument.
5  The paper's leading article described the government as weak.
6  I have no trouble,just a sense of security is too weak.
7  The strong usually dominate over the weak.
8  To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself.
9  Mother wants to come downstairs, but is too weak to walk; it'll take both of you to bring her down.
10  She was born with a weak heart.
11  I praise the nurse can use weak shoulders strong enough to carry a daughter, mother, wife's burden.
12  When your heart is getting exhausted to a certain extent,you are too weak to anger.
13  Don't stand on that chair, it's got a weak leg.
14  The chief editorial writer also blames weak leadership for the current crisis.
15  New Zealand was weak in defense.