How To Use Weakened In A Sentence

The currency had already been weakened after China carried out the biggest devaluation in two decades last year. Times, Sunday Times
All the organs of the body, the ductless glands included, are weakened.
The approach starts with a weakened version of a microbe called an adenovirus.
But it is not so clear that this weakening of states increases the possibility of the political independence or autonomy of oppressed nations within them, because the bourgeoisies of the weakened nation-states in question fight back.
Sterling weakened this week for two interlocking reasons. Times, Sunday Times

It has weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm, thank goodness, but Ophelia is now coming right through here. The Blame Game
This is dangerous as some of the tyres don't go down but are weakened, which could cause blowouts.
A good biography is weakened by not giving the major biographical facts due prominence.
The gradual unfreezing of the class structure has weakened party identification and undermined tribal politics. Times, Sunday Times
Nassau Candy is recalling twenty-six peanut bulk products since they could be infested with salmonella, an mammal that can means critical as well as sometimes deadly infections, especially in immature children, a elderly as well as those with weakened defence systems. Archive 2009-12-01
I turned the empire from a weakened state to a formidable industrial powerhouse.
It has weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm, t [...] 2005 September | Evil Genius Chronicles
The regime was fatally weakened by the unrest and violence.
If the South seceded, the European superpowers would have cooked, carved and devoured the weakened American eagle.
With the continuous transmission of western aesthetic ideology, Chinese traditional literary concept is weakened and modern literary concept is evolving.
Also known as dracunculiasis, from the Latin for "little dragons", the worm is a particularly painful water-borne parasite that can leave people weakened and sick for months every year. Medindia Health News
It is not weakened and would be able to carry on fighting off infection and disease. The Sun
And when her resolve weakened after he died, it was his memory that got her back on track. The Sun
It meant that retail activity has weakened persistently this year. Times, Sunday Times
The verdict hasn't weakened his resolve to fight the charges against him.
It severely limits mobility, and it causes wear and tear on the spine, leading to nerve impingement in the weakened areas and in the sciatica. Elizabeth Taylor's health problems began early
That capture of a weakened Labour machine by the Left would not suffice to defeat the new Conservatism.
Retailers have attributed weakened sales in part to inflation outstripping pay. Times, Sunday Times
Having weakened the bull, the matador in this Madrid fight at the last moment refused to deliver the fatal thrust.
Making sure no one saw her in such a weakened state, she tottered slowly toward her room.
Furthermore, prograde metamorphism can result in weakening and superplastic behaviour of the rocks affected, as fluid pressure rises, minerals are weakened, and the grain-boundary structure is transformed by breakdown and growth.
The influence of the trade unions has been weakened as a consequence of legislation, our economic circumstances, and demographic decline.
Sin has much more weakened man's will than darkened his intellect, and the rebellion of the sensual appetite, which we call concupiscence, does indeed disturb the understanding, but still it is against the will that it principally stirs up sedition and revolt: so that the poor will, already quite infirm, being shaken with the continual assaults which concupiscence directs against it, cannot make so great progress in divine love as reason and natural inclination suggest to it that it should do. Treatise on the Love of God
Laser beams can currently be weakened or blocked by clouds but experts say the more powerful lasers of the future may be less affected by weather. Times, Sunday Times
A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky. Alexandre Dumas
That irredentist attitude has not been weakened one whit by the agreement.
Weak abdominal and back muscles cannot support your spine and can lead to a sway back and weakened joints. Survive the Nine to Five - a woman's guide to working well
The loosened earth and weakened banks are more prone to collapsing then.
Also known as abdominoplasty, a tummy tuck removes excess fat and skin, and in some cases restores weakened or separated muscles. We Heart Gossip: The hottest celebrity gossip news - hearted or hated by you!
He takes their election out of context, not recognizing the U.S. push towards this "democratic" event and not recognizing that it was the withdrawal of economic support by the U.S. and its servient allies that led to the weakening of the government – and not that the support was withdrawn after the Hamas almost-government had become weakened and ineffective. The Hebrew Republic - Book Review
It typically causes a chronic ache at the inner elbow and can lead to a weakened grip. Times, Sunday Times
The currency had already been weakened after China carried out the biggest devaluation in two decades last year. Times, Sunday Times
According to reports, the slightly weakened typhoon is now bound for China, where residents are racing to prepare before it touches ground this coming Saturday, bringing with it heavy rains and strong winds. Typhoon Megi Leaves Philippines In Shambles (PHOTOS)
Central authority has been progressively weakened since the outbreak of the civil war.
The high friction then caused the weakened propeller shaft to break and the prop tore away taking the shaft with it.
The increased conformational flexibility of L703766 may also explain the weakened interaction with the receptor.
Traditionally, that has meant injecting people with a weakened or killed version of the virus itself, triggering antibodies.
The flood weakened the dam.
In the same book, the authors state that in order for external pathogenic qi to invade the tissue, correct or righteous qi must be weak, as is often the case in elderly or weakened patients.
This live, attenuated vaccine contains a weakened form of the tularemia bacterium, enabling the immune system to recognize and produce neutralizing antibodies against the bacterium if it is encountered again.
When the mud gets baked by the sun, spreading cracks curve around the weakened edge of this column and so bypass the insect.
His position had been fatally weakened, and he too had to go.
It happened on the morning after the festival of Mahashivaratri-the Great Night of Shiva-when, weakened by fasting and loosened by a kind of spiritual hangover, Navin revealed to Kudra that he adored horses and that during his youth had entertained the impossible dream of miraculously transcending Vaisya, the merchant caste, and ascending to Kshatriya, the warrior caste, so that he might ride. La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth
The survey showed that profit expectations had also weakened while pricing pressures were flat. Times, Sunday Times
Here the man's main struggle is against himself and the disorientation played out by his own weakened and wandering mind.
The Republican party mantra and status quo is weakened, and will be for some time. Romney PAC raises $1.6M in six months
This other bug, called Cryptococcus neoformans, causes a hard-to-treat brain infection in people with weakened immune systems. EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
The quality of Mercy was definitely strained, weakened by intermarriage and a few too many falls in the riding ring. THE LAST PLACE
The currency had already been weakened after China carried out the biggest devaluation in two decades last year. Times, Sunday Times
Either polyunsaturated fatty acids enhanced mucosal resistance or the oleic acid supplement weakened the defensive mechanisms.
Thus a balance of forces can result from a weakened infection which induces a weakened immune response,(sentence dictionary) leading to persistence.
With the continuous transmission of western aesthetic ideology, Chinese traditional literary concept is weakened and modern literary concept is evolving.
A vaccine against measles, for example, introduces a highly weakened strain of the disease into the body. Times, Sunday Times
Her mother stumbled and fell against a wall, and the movement brought down a weakened timber from the roof.
It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy.
I was fed with a very full and appetising meal, which was fortunately not too rich for my weakened state, my body was cleaned and my filthy, fusty clothes were replaced by crisp clean laundry-smelling ones.
Miners, though, missed out on the rally as metals prices weakened thanks to the stronger dollar. Times, Sunday Times
Steer and heifer prices remained firm throughout the week, however, young bull prices weakened slightly.
Rustem exerted every muscle to shake off his opponent; but the leech was the stronger, for the Masdakite was weakened by fever and loss of blood. The Bride of the Nile — Volume 04
One could be excused for thinking that the orchestration of realignment had become a target of the major parties as their relationship with the electorate weakened, and they looked to experts to advise them.
Unfortunately, his coolness couldn't stop the progression of the tumors, and—a weakened shell of his former self—he died on November 7.
But the course of economic globalization and the change of transregional investable development make this tendency seriously, and make tax jurisdiction of resource land weakened.
The regime was fatally weakened by the unrest and violence.
The stock scandal has weakened both Mercury's prestige and its management structure.
Overcrowding has weakened the cherished tradition of extended families living together.
But the shock was sufficient to bring down buildings already weakened earlier: thousands panicked. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
In America on the other hand, immigrant publics, with weakened connexions to heteroclite pasts, could only be aggregated by narrative and visual schemas stripped to their most abstract, recursive common denominators.
He is in a weakened condition.
I smacked my forehead and reached for the wall behind me; the hideous sight had suddenly weakened my constitution.
They were weakened by a diet that was low in protein.
His reform strategies tend to be weakened either by vagueness or internal contradiction.
Measures to end the discarding of fish caught at sea have been weakened after talks between EU fisheries ministers. Times, Sunday Times
His protagonists, with few exceptions, are driven to self-destruction or weakened to the point of being destroyed.
Many security experts contend that weakened encryption would open the door for terrorists, allowing cyberterrorism to rule the day.
The result was the mass workplace expulsions in July 1920 which severely weakened trade union organization in the city.
The printing work traditionally done by pre-press shops was first weakened by the introduction of photocomposition machines. From the Print Media to the Internet
But expectations of more monetary stimulus have further weakened the dollar, increasing demand for commodities that are mainly traded in greenbacks, and potentially creating inflationary problems for other countries. China: Dollar Printing Creates Inflation
Cancer patients and intensive-care unit patients are especially prone to bloodstream infections not only because of their weakened immune systems, but also because they often have long-term intravenous catheters that allow medicines to be given directly into the bloodstream. EurekAlert! - Breaking News
FSU has a real shot to do some damage against this weakened field (and get full credit for beagting some name schoole). Tomahawk Nation
A live weakened virus vaccine is effective in preventing some of these diseases.
Weak abdominal and back muscles cannot support your spine and can lead to a sway back and weakened joints. Survive the Nine to Five - a woman's guide to working well
The influence of the trade unions has been weakened as a consequence of legislation, our economic circumstances, and demographic decline.
The drugs used to prevent the body rejecting the new heart adversely weakened his resistance to infection.
Now this King was become a very old man, weakened and wasted with age and sickness and decrepitude; for he had lived an hundred and fourscore years and had no child, male or female, by reason whereof he was ever in cark and care from morning to night and from night to morn. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The polio weakened her left hand, so she invented new guitar tunings and then new harmonics, new rhythms. Times, Sunday Times
Weakened by warfare, imported diseases and the excessive demands of their overlords, they were obliged in the end to submit.
Nicaragua's currency, the cordoba, has weakened 4 percent this year to 22.79 per U.S. dollar. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
He looked around on his weakened legs - he was dressed in a nightshirt and cloak whose colors fit him well.
Weakened by warfare, imported diseases and the excessive demands of their overlords, they were obliged in the end to submit.
No chance that either side will take this lightly or field intentionally weakened teams. Times, Sunday Times
Observers, however, revealed some irregularities, including the use of wooden and thus non-transparent ballot boxes and a weakened solution of phosphoric ink.
The complex composite structure of the plane would be weakened by any colouring, as heat would build up, leading to delamination and possible cracking.
Weakened by her flight, and the blow to her head, she fell under the water and slowly sank down, below the surface.
His renal system, in addition to being weakened from the accumulative effect of many infections, also suffered from his overuse of alcohol.
The Soviet government. although weakened, confused, and groping toward an uncertain future, was still intact.
Thermodynamically, the migration of nonbinding particles to these weakened microdomains is entropically favorable because it maximizes particle motions.
The first, a yeast, can be especially lethal to individuals with weakened immune systems.
While getting to accuse ones opponent of intending genocide certainly sounds like a powerful moral argument, it becomes somewhat weakened when the charge is not actually based on any evidence. asdf Says: Matthew Yglesias » Why They Fight
This weakened his position as a symbol of the national struggle.
A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall.
The operation known as Rurik's Hammer, the lightning military conquest of all of Scandinavia, had been designed to solidify popular support for the resurrected Soviet government at home despite the rationing, the purges, and the KGB crackdowns; to cow a fragmented and weakened NATO already over-extended in the war-ravaged Balkans; and to remind continental Europe of the might of Soviet arms. Countdown
I know the dollar has weakened lately, but a sextillion dollars would still be a lot of money. Boing Boing
These muscles, weakened by disease because of tight clothing and corset steels, and also by cramped positions in school or at work, refuse to hold the body erect, and it "lops" just at this point. What a Young Woman Ought to Know
Lastly, in the very fever of my irresoluteness, I made with my body many such motions as men sometimes would, but cannot, if either they have not the limbs, or these be bound with bands, weakened with infirmity, or any other way hindered. The Confessions
The ailment, which is sometimes fatal, is called nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and has been reported in patients with weakened kidney function. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Since one wall was completely knocked down two weeks ago, two more knocks have left the other cracked and weakened.
The Chinese Government further weakened an already weak position by the ambiguous attitude which it took to its dependencies and tributaries.
Later, however, the parasite can emerge from its dormant state to strike when a patient's immune system is weakened.
The verdict hasn't weakened his resolve to fight the charges against him.
Allowing homeowners, for instance, to renege on mortgage debts in bankruptcy would have pushed banks to modify more loans, but weakened fragile banks.
In effect the Unity Campaign was already seriously weakened.
Imports outweighed exports, and resultant trade deficits weakened states already in a downward economic spiral.
The contribution of the global research community to the creation and application of medical technologies for these countries is weakened.
He is behind in development, can't castle kingside and his queenside is weakened.
I call a misbehaving young woman, and the hold of the whole family on me is so much weakened by her late conduct, that it wouldn't take a speech as long as the ten commandments to send me off to the river, leaving you and your traps, your Ark and your children, your man servants and your maid servants, your oxen and your asses, to fight this battle with the The Deerslayer
All the news that's been made about compromises on health reform over the last few months, along with reform advocates 'efforts to reassure seniors and others that they won't lose anything worth caring about, have undoubtedly "undersold" the extent of change that even a "weakened" bill would make happen. Democratic Strategist
Will, on the other hand, has never felt less weakened by morality than he does now, with his son crouched there like a stringless puppet. The Redleys
With the defeat of King Magha, Theravada bhikshus from Kanchipuram, a Buddhist center within the weakened Chola Kingdom in present-day Tamilnadu, South India, were invited to Sri Lanka in 1236 CE to revive the bhikshu ordination lineage. History of the Theravada Ordination Lineages
Such cases may be styled momentary luxation, whether they are due to a weakened condition of the patellar ligaments or spasmodic contraction of the crural muscles. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
But the fact that her keel was riddled with superfluous tree-nail (pre-industrial rivets) holes fatally weakened her. The Times Literary Supplement
Low interest rate rates and growing federal deficit deficits have weaken weakened the dollar.
The darkness in my eyes weakened and was pierced by a dim light.
A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall.
After the alternation, motivation effects on peasant household are also weakened.
These joint actions of yours and mine that have weakened it.
Short stories whose characters had turned to wood, essays which had refused to come to a point, poems in which laboured craftsmanship had numbed and weakened the original impact of beauty – all these presented themselves to my inverted brain in their finished form, masterly, unsmutched and point-device. Try Anything Twice
It typically causes a chronic ache at the inner elbow and can lead to a weakened grip. Times, Sunday Times
Also, increasing the ratio of carrot pulps weakened extrudate's structurelowered the hardness and lifted the redness.
Even if the party holds on to the government, the position of the president and his government would be weakened.
On March 18, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander John Sheehan told a U.S. congressional hearing that European armies had been weakened by efforts to "socialise" them, including allowing gay soldiers to serve. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
But which is the lesser evil, until we are able to remoralise whole groups and classes of people, undoing the harm done when already weak restraints on strong instincts are further weakened by permissiveness in television, in films, on bookstalls? Howard Flight echoes Keith Joseph's 1974 warning that 'our human stock is threatened'
That mobile phone companies should find themselves weakened just as the sector was about take off makes many afraid for its future stability.
The department also weakened the curbs it did introduce. Times, Sunday Times
While the position of the crown had weakened, the power of the state had grown.
The civic culture may be weakened but it has not collapsed.
The fall of the dollar has further weakened the company because the value of its US sales were reduced when converted back to euro.
Sterling weakened this week for two interlocking reasons. Times, Sunday Times
He gripped the sharp stick, half as tall as he, tightly, his powerful muscles striated and weakened from the terrible fen.
All he could think of was the fledgling out in the cold and muck; unsheltered, alone, weakened already by sickness or injury.
Socialism, which require, on one hand, that we lay the foundation for the Socialist organization of emulation, and, on the other hand, _require the use of compulsion so that the slogan of the dictatorship of the proletariat should not be weakened by the practice of a too mild proletarian government_. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy
Miners, though, missed out on the rally as metals prices weakened thanks to the stronger dollar. Times, Sunday Times
But in one who often contemplates the certainty of old age, the pride of youth will either vanish entirely or will be weakened.
This action is what is being prescribed when a label tells you to hand-wash; usually you hand-wash because the fabric is so delicate, so weak, or so weakened when wet that it could not take agitation or spinning without damage. HOME COMFORTS
I used to visit a homebound elderly woman in my parish who spoke with regret of how little she could do, at her age and in her weakened condition, "for the church."
I imagined just touching his weakened body, and it breaking into shards like a china doll.
These forces have also weakened labor movements in many other industrial countries.
Panax ginseng and ginsenoside, Astragalus membranaceous, Epimedium brevicornum, Polygonatum multiflorum as well as Chunhui capsule, Zhibao Sanbian pill, Guilingji etc., are widely used in treating senility diseases such as hyperlipidemia and weakened intelligence. Chapter 8
A general lack of understanding of factor analysis, however, weakened the impact of the study and its effect was minimal.
The fever weakened his body
They know that the removal of the dictator who so brutalised their community has weakened their claim for total independence.
It looked as if the power of Rome itself had been weakened, but Rome struck back with the Counter Reformation, an open snub to the serious, even grim, world of the Protestant reformers.
When one side is weakened, the other gains strength. Times, Sunday Times
Of course, all teams will be weakened if you take out their best players. The Sun
Decaying steelwork and water leaks have weakened the tunnel structures, and many stations are in need of major refurbishment.
All these activities changed or weakened the structure and function of the riverine ecosystem.
But coastal defence works for the area are being brought forward after experts found the cliffs were being weakened by the waves, leading to landslips which are threatening to destroy a section of the Cleveland Way footpath.
If he hadn't been in the middle of a rassling match with Fink, Alvin might have been more subtle, might have just weakened the hex a little, for he had no will to deprive Fink of the hex that had protected him for so long. Prentice Alvin
He travelled to Bristol, to London, to Kent, everywhere preaching the truth — opportune, importune, tempestive, to use the language ironically applied by him to the Bishop of London, [150] — and this, too, with his health greatly weakened and impaired. Luther and Other Leaders of the Reformation
His demands for a federalist approach to governing the country - a weakened national government and stronger regional control - have revived fears that some regions may eventually try to secede.
During the next several Earth-days of time, they accelerated with all the power that their bubb ionics could wring out of the sunshine, weakened now, with distance. The Planet Strappers
His story completed, the chilled and weakened Victor Frankenstein died there on the ice-bound ship, unavenged.
Plus, you could drop the thing right through a weakened esophagus wall into the mediastinum. DO NO HARM
The survey showed that profit expectations had also weakened while pricing pressures were flat. Times, Sunday Times
Even earthquakes alone can be strong enough to trigger the collapse of a structurally weakened volcano.
It not only prevents castling, but also completely dominates the weakened dark squares. Times, Sunday Times
The terms backfired when housing markets weakened, leaving borrowers with loans bigger than the value of their home. Top Stories - Google News
The echocardiogram is a particularly important test because it can determine whether the heart muscles have weakened or become stiff. Undefined
Where the 1979 regulations required haulage and placement of the rock and soil in compacted, constructed, engineered fills, OSM weakened the rules to allow end-dumping and wing-dumping from the mine bench of excessive amounts of mine "spoil" -- the soil and rock removed from above coal seams, into headwater streams. Undefined
Overcrowding has weakened the cherished tradition of extended families living together.
England was on her knees, so weakened and in such a state of decadence and decay that any moral resistance would have been virtually impossible.
Either polyunsaturated fatty acids enhanced mucosal resistance or the oleic acid supplement weakened the defensive mechanisms.
But when the manager says beforehand that he is going to field a weakened side, why would anyone turn up? The Sun
The weakened side were hammered 62-2 and they could face another beating this week unless some players choose to return.
In abandoning non-violent mass action or worker organization they fatally weakened themselves.
Retailers have attributed weakened sales in part to inflation outstripping pay. Times, Sunday Times
The explosion had weakened the building's foundations.
The survey showed that profit expectations had also weakened while pricing pressures were flat. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, it is considered that the long carbon chain weakened the influence of different positive ions on the salts of saturated fatty acids.
And when her resolve weakened after he died, it was his memory that got her back on track. The Sun
Many a strong man has weakened before such a challenge.
The irony is that a weakened department, based in Edinburgh, will lose its core programme on the national station: it will go on making drama and book abridgements for the network, but not for Radio Scotland.
But that influence is fatally weakened if government fingerprints are all over it. Times, Sunday Times
U.S. leaders recalled what happened after World War I, when Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic, was massively weakened economically by having to pay off reparations.
I will increase my investment in British commercial property, as prices have weakened and rental yields are strong.
They will be more gravely weakened if pension funds, an enduring locus of labor power, are privatized.
More significantly, Walesa's proposals for constitutional change were withdrawn, after amendments had weakened them.
Increasingly isolated politically and weakened economically, Pyongyang has resorted to an international politics of survival.
The political and military developments of the past few weeks have weakened both of these supports.
The first who came under his cognizance was a poor fellow just freed of a fever, which bad weakened him so much that he could hardly stand. The Adventures of Roderick Random
The Inca had already been weakened by civil war. Times, Sunday Times
Hunger and disease had weakened his constitution.
It is apparent that mining of bryozoan branches weakened them, thus making them subject more readily to breakage by wave action.
After about 12 months the host mistletoe is usually either dead or severely weakened.
According to the book, I had been the victim of some kind of lower astral entity, a being that had attached itself to me in my weakened state, and was causing the fear and paralysis.
The technique consists of injecting healthy cells into the weakened muscles.

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