WEAKNESS in a Sentence

Learn WEAKNESS 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 WEAKNESS, such as:
1. My weakness is that I care too much.
2. He thought that crying was a sign of weakness.
3. He continued to stand before her, in his dogged weakness.
4. No matter how strong I will get,you are still my weakness.
5. He couldn't explain his weakness in giving in to her demands.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of WEAKNESS
weakness
 n.  a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
 n.  the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She put her hand on his arm and felt that it was trembling with weariness but there was no weakness in his face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
2  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
3  Gerald, the negroes and Wade clung to Melanie now, because even in her weakness she was kind and sympathetic, and these days Scarlett was neither.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  Suellen and Careen had cried themselves to sleep, as they did at least twice a day when they thought of Ellen, tears of grief and weakness oozing down their sunken cheeks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  She was not recovering as she should and Scarlett was frightened by her white weakness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  She had no feeling of shame or disappointment or bitterness now, only a weakness of the knees and a great emptiness of heart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
7  But that weakness that's in our hearts can lick us in the time it takes to bat your eye.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
8  For one night, he had had her at his mercy but now she knew the weakness of his armor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
9  In Ashley and his love lay strength upon which to lay her weakness, courage to bolster her fear, ease for her sorrow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
10  His attitude had been one of admiring spectatorship, and he would have been almost sorry to detect in her any emotional weakness which should interfere with the fulfilment of her aims.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
11  But now the hint of this weakness had become the most interesting thing about her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
12  Mrs. Trenor brushed aside the plea with a gesture which laid bare its weakness.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
13  The lamentable weakness of the words roused a motion of pity in Lily's breast.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
14  He continued to stand before her, in his dogged weakness.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
15  Her fibres had been softened by suffering, and the sudden glimpse into his mocked and broken life disarmed her contempt for his weakness.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1  In a position of authority, a weakness for the opposite sex leaves you open to blackmail.
2  The dollar has fallen in value amid rumors of weakness in the US economy.
3  British newspapers were full of moral outrage at the weakness of other countries.
4  My weakness is that I care too much.
5  Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.
6  The weakness in their defense has already cost them dearly this season.
7  He couldn't explain his weakness in giving in to her demands.
8  The greatest weakness of the scheme lies in its lack of government support.
9  Its effects on the nervous system include weakness, paralysis, and tingling in the hands and feet.
10  Symptoms of anaemia include weakness, fatigue and iron deficiency.
11  Early symptoms include anorexia, muscular weakness and fatigue.
12  The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but didn't fully implement it.
13  He thought that crying was a sign of weakness.
14  No matter how strong I will get,you are still my weakness.
15  The caricature he drew yesterday emphasized a personal weakness of the people he burlesqued.