Example Sentences

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Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

"You are weaklings who fight civilians," Mr Zelensky, who was born in Kryvyi Rih, said in his late night address on Wednesday.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2022

He’s 0-3 against rival Iowa and a combined 3-4 against Big Ten West weaklings Purdue and Illinois.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

The star Italian defender, Leonardo Bonucci, who scored a critical second-half goal, was caught mocking the angry English fans, calling them weaklings who needed “to eat more pasta.”

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2021

“Some will. Not all. We have our cowards and our knaves, our weaklings and our fools, as do they.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin