Example Sentences

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The constant looking backward to what might have been, instead of forward to what may be, is a great weakener of self-confidence.

From The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities by Jordan, William George

Is not hunger a great weakener of your faith?” 

From Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)