Explore Weakens through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Weakens meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of weaken
Using Weakens
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of weaken
- In the example corpus, weakens often appears in combinations such as: weakens the, it weakens, which weakens.
Context around Weakens
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Weakens
- In this selection, "weakens" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, economy, dollar, president, off, bones and substantially stand out and add context to how "weakens" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and it weakens the wider and and looting weakens the protests. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "weakens" sits close to words such as acadia, ae and aes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with weakens
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Heavy attack now weakens targets on hit. (7 words)
In the end, all this smashing, burning and looting weakens the protests. (12 words)
We expect yields to trend lower as data weakens in the coming months. (13 words)
The reaction to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the collapse of Credit Suisse, tightening of credit conditions and steep falls in equity values of banking shares (which weakens capital buffers) has been the reverse of responses to other global events. (41 words)
And if it weakens off of the -- not just the current run rate but even the quarterly trends when you look back over the last 6 quarters or so, that would probably move us a little bit lower. (38 words)
Back in June, the council's cabinet approved the introduction of a Women's Health Policy, which focused on two of the most common medical issues affecting women’s health - endometriosis and osteoporosis, which weakens bones. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
As the president weakens the institution that can bring us this information, he weakens our collective ability to go back to some kind of normal.
The economy weakens; a flailing Trump lashes out at China, and possibly others (Europe may be next); this further weakens the economy; and so on.
All corruption and price gouging deserves to be investigated and punished, of course — especially in a country where each stolen dollar weakens the war effort.
And if it weakens off of the -- not just the current run rate but even the quarterly trends when you look back over the last 6 quarters or so, that would probably move us a little bit lower.
Any perception that the justice system is being manipulated or controlled for political purposes undermines public trust and confidence in the system, and ultimately weakens the rule of law.
Back in June, the council's cabinet approved the introduction of a Women's Health Policy, which focused on two of the most common medical issues affecting women’s health - endometriosis and osteoporosis, which weakens bones.
But over the past month, production delays and concerns that demand for tech products is fading as the global economy weakens have sent the company’s stock down nearly 15%.
For Singapore, which has China as one of its top trading partners, any impact from the latter’s housing crisis is “likely to be indirect” if growth in China weakens substantially, said Mr Aw of Coface.
Furthermore, insufficient player differentiation weakens the microscopic equilibrium within the ecosystem, causing many games to have a monotonous design that does not cater to all user profiles.
Heavy attack now weakens targets on hit.
If the U.S. economy is fine, the dollar weakens, and global capital markets rise.
In the end, all this smashing, burning and looting weakens the protests.
The decision isn't fair to Ilsa or Ethan, and it weakens the wider impact 's story tries — and somewhat fails — to achieve.
The issue was related to the building’s “structural integrity” – which “weakens its ability to withstand adverse events such as very high winds or significant snowfall,” according to the DfE.
The reaction to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the collapse of Credit Suisse, tightening of credit conditions and steep falls in equity values of banking shares (which weakens capital buffers) has been the reverse of responses to other global events.
Using underground water resources faster than they can be replenished also weakens farmers’ ability to survive droughts and risks threatening food systems on which billions of people rely.
Very often they say to evacuate and the storm weakens or turns and nothing happens.
We expect yields to trend lower as data weakens in the coming months.
What is more, De Guindos highlighted the downside risks to economic growth in the euro area, particularly if monetary policy has a more forceful impact or if the global economic environment weakens further.
A failure to do so weakens the very core of the international legal system and sets a dangerous precedent, allowing atrocities to go unchecked,” it said.
Common combinations with weakens
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- weakens the 40×
- it weakens 13×
- which weakens 9×
- weakens and 7×
- and weakens 7×
- that weakens 5×
- economy weakens 4×
- further weakens 4×
- dollar weakens 4×
- weakens in 4×