Get to know Weakened better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like diminished or dilute.
Weakened meaning
Reduced; made less strong.
Synonyms of Weakened
Using Weakened
- The main meaning on this page is: Reduced; made less strong.
- Useful related words include: diminished, dilute, diluted, thinned.
- In the example corpus, weakened often appears in combinations such as: weakened immune, has weakened, weakened the.
Context around Weakened
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Weakened
- In this selection, "weakened" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sentiment, trial, tragically, rapidly, meaningfully and slightly stand out and add context to how "weakened" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although it weakened to a and and trial weakened him his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "weakened" sits close to words such as ensured, justices and nixon, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with weakened
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
China today is a weakened state. (6 words)
Astoria had a hereditary blood curse, which tragically weakened her health. (11 words)
Demand has weakened from China due to lesser activity on rising pandemic cases. (13 words)
From there, Makwarela’s position weakened rapidly, following a terse letter from Tumelo Ledwaba, the chief registrar of the High Court in Pretoria, who confirmed “the document purporting to be an order issued by this court was never issued in our court”. (42 words)
Although it weakened to a Category 4 storm when it struck Florida later that day with winds of 150 mph (241 kph), the storm is now on the list of deadly monsters such as Camille, Hugo, Andrew, Katrina, Wilma and Michael. (41 words)
As a consequence, they had no well-knit organisational base, the interpersonal relations of the decision making members were weakened, there was no mutual trust, and above all, there was absolutely no succession plan beyond the dynasty. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although it weakened to a Category 4 storm when it struck Florida later that day with winds of 150 mph (241 kph), the storm is now on the list of deadly monsters such as Camille, Hugo, Andrew, Katrina, Wilma and Michael.
Although South West private sector firms anticipate business activity to expand over the next year, the level of positive sentiment weakened in September.
Although the impeachment and trial weakened him, his continuation as president helped pave the way for the emerging power of the Ku Klux Klan and the denial of rights to Blacks.
As a consequence, they had no well-knit organisational base, the interpersonal relations of the decision making members were weakened, there was no mutual trust, and above all, there was absolutely no succession plan beyond the dynasty.
Astoria had a hereditary blood curse, which tragically weakened her health.
Before that, the crops will become gradually weakened and susceptible to more diseases and insect infestation.
But an even worse outcome would be if Wadmalaw Island’s AG-15 zoning were weakened to allow more clustered development not only along the water but also inland from it.
By pitting the Sith against Qui-Gonn and Obi-Wan, he simultaneously weakened the Jedi while creating an opening that would be capitalized on many years in the future.
China’s exports tumbled 12.4% in June from a year earlier as demand weakened after central banks raised interest rates to curb inflation, even as Chinese leaders struggled to keep a post-Covid recovery from faltering.
China today is a weakened state.
Demand has weakened from China due to lesser activity on rising pandemic cases.
Despite an enormous military effort, Boko Haram has been weakened but not fully defeated.
Economies throughout Europe have weakened meaningfully of late; bond yields continue their rise to support the New Paradigm thesis.
Enormous, long-lived lava outpourings in Tweed may have weakened the hotspot, and caused the younger volcanoes to the south to become smaller and shorter-lived.
Equity markets declined and local currencies weakened slightly against the US dollar between March 1 and June 2, while risk premiums narrowed.
Even if McCarthy is able to secure the votes he needs, he will emerge as a weakened speaker, having given away some powers and constantly under the threat of being booted by his detractors.
From there, Makwarela’s position weakened rapidly, following a terse letter from Tumelo Ledwaba, the chief registrar of the High Court in Pretoria, who confirmed “the document purporting to be an order issued by this court was never issued in our court”.
Having dropped over 2 percent on Tuesday, the Australian dollar weakened a bit more to hit a four-month low of $0.6568 on Wednesday.
He said his brother was suffering from Tuberculosis and was taking medicines, which triggered an allergic reaction and weakened his legs.
He stressed that the critical linkage, from soils to crops to animals, had weakened, rapidly approaching breaking point.
Common combinations with weakened
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: