"weaken" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- As a consequence of the battle, the Taborite army was markedly weakened, and the Orphans virtually ceased to exist as a military force.
- Britain answered with further shipbuilding, but by the end of the pre-dreadnought era, British supremacy at sea had markedly weakened.
- As The Times's John Darnton detailed in a recent series, Africa's leverage has markedly weakened during a grim decade when its gross national product declined 2 percent a year.
- Still, economists said, it will be hard to tell with any confidence whether the economy has slowed just enough to please policy makers and financial markets or whether it has weakened markedly while economic observation was so obscured.
- While some progress has been made in reducing external imbalances, the momentum of adjustment has recently weakened markedly; there needs to be further progress in adjusting external imbalances through cooperation.
- By the middle of the 20th century, however, the doctrine of privilege had been markedly weakened.
- The Chinese Government and members of Mr. Deng's family continue to maintain that he is in good health, but Western officials indicate that he has markedly weakened.
- The previous one had been hard enough on him, and he had weakened markedly, dramatically, in the ensuing year.
- The team was markedly weakened for the playoffs with starting goaltender Tomas Vokoun unavailable due to injury and Kariya's linemate Steve Sullivan playing hurt.
- But the right wing's ties to the army, which were once extremely close, have weakened markedly in recent years and may never be fully reasserted.
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