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Example sentences for: weaken

How can you use “weaken” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

All papers report that three (France, Russia, China) of the five permanent members of the Council abstained from voting, which might weaken the council's position and the possibility of Iraq's compliance; the U.S. and Britain were the two permanent members that supported the measure.
Clark went on: "He thought that taking prisoners and mistreating them and humiliating them publicly would weaken our resolve.
But that view gained momentum Friday with the judge's declaration that "it is Microsoft's corporate practice to pressure other firms to halt software development that either shows the potential to weaken the applications barrier to entry or competes directly with Microsoft's most cherished software products."
Critics worry it will weaken America's position in the nuclear arms race.
The kind of action the bank would have to take to weaken the yen, after all, is precisely the kind of action it would have to take to jump-start the Japanese economy.