| 单词 | weak |
| 例句 | When he finished he was still hungry, but the edge was gone and his legs didn’t feel as weak as they had. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat in the cab made him weak and sluggish. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I wrote it this morning in math. When you’re weak on effort, it helps to be big on heart.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I still feel weak, but my mind is awake, especially with his hand on me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Shackleton took the tiller ropes and commented, “Pretty juicy,” and both men managed a weak laugh. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And so, concerning these weaker powers, the invader has no trouble whatsoever in winning them over, since all of them will immediately and willingly become part of the state he has acquired. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Harp and Gully laugh, teasing about how weak Vega is for playing a Lego violin. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She made him feel incredibly weak and flabby. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And Red was so emaciated and weak that Agnes was certain he was dying. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My three fingers, weak and numb, gave out. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Princess, are you well? Should you be up, weak as you are?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I’m too weak to run, so I walk all the way home. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He lunged at Thalia and me, knowing we were weak and dazed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Somehow they messed with things to make a radial signal, however weak it may be. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Other protogalaxies with weaker gravity or less initial rotation flattened very little and became the first elliptical galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too weak to dare, too weak to take what might have been his, what will be mine!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The poor animal, too weak to even bark, sniffed plaintively at his feet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He felt light-headed and weak and had to press his hand against his chest to ease the sudden fluttering inside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response which is little more than emotional bosh. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I lay in the grass for some time, my heart clamoring in my chest and my limbs weak as water, before I could compose myself enough to continue on to the playhouse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But I can still hear the footsteps of Skye Miller, sounding weaker and weaker the further she gets. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z There are two versions of the anthropic principle, the weak and the strong. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He made several puny attempts, each one weaker than the last. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It may have been that they were weak people, ill suited for the rigors of emigration, its humiliations and compromises, its competing demands of self-discipline and adventurousness. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She rested against him and cried until she seemed too weak to cry any longer, and did not look at him once until he extended his handkerchief when she had finished. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Put another way, if you double the distance between two objects, the attraction between them becomes four times weaker. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “A lot of things could happen,” she said, and heard how half her voice was carved away by uncertainty, and how utterly weak she sounded. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We are told that for the first seven years of his life he lived almost entirely on milk and milk products, plus fruit, with ‘no Flesh in the least agreeing with his weak Constitution’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z My knees are weak and my feet sting as if I have been electrocuted. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The wrinkles on her forehead are like ocean waves, her eyes are deeper and piercing, and her thin lips stretch into a weak smile when she sees me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I believe my smile is the weakest one ever tried in the history of people. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, muscle strength is one thing. I meant women are weak in other ways.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was exhausted; the fear and the running from that day and from the night before had left him weak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And as always when he came near to one of this race, Kino felt weak and afraid and angry at the same time. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She squeezed my arm, gave a weak smile, and left. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He did not wish to appear weak in Carl’s presence or reveal a humiliating eagerness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His knees went weak, and he had to sit down on the stairs, all his anger suddenly turned to fear. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The weaker I seem, the stronger he feels. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I feel my own heartbeat in my chest, my own weak lungs trying to fill with air from my mad dash through the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It was bad enough being scrawny and weak. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Look for weak links in its armor while I keep it busy. Just be careful.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Bryce keeps squirming and keeps screaming, but it’s weaker now than it was. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z They were strong, as the poet rings, and it was weak—one day they would be weak, and it strong. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma screamed and kicked at it with her other foot as the net came to a jolting stop, the pulley above too weak to raise all of us and the hollow, too. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Someone who looks so strong shouldn’t act so weak. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Facedown, too weak to move, sick and shaking, Harry opened his eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z From these kinds of soldiers, therefore, come only slow, tardy, and weak conquests but sudden and astonishing losses. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I was standing outside, weak and tasting like vomit. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I approached the ice cautiously and peered across it, and even in the weak light, I saw the hollow right away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z To appear weak and frightened, to reassure the other tributes that he is no competition at all, and then come out fighting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z You know how Superman becomes weak at the sight of those shiny green crystals? The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z She felt as fragile as glass in his hands, her limbs as weak as water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The code names were the weak points that gave Elizebeth a pathway into the messages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the weak moonlight, filtered through clouds and the dirty windows, I see him sit on the gold sofa and pat the cushion beside him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He came to wonder at times if the shadow he had loosed might have grown weak, or fled somehow out of the world, for it came no more into his dreams. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They were like Amon Goeth’s dogs—they could smell fear on you, and they liked nothing better than to attack when you were at your weakest. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She managed a weak smile, a bit baffled by his sudden charm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was suffering from thirst and hunger he was almost too weak to raise his head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was on a Friday night, one of the nights when Jeffrey was home, and he had been too weak to do anything but watch videos and throw up all day. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Because players of master strength weren’t eligible to enter, the tournament encouraged the participation of weaker and less experienced players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A proportionately low number of these members were from the rural areas, the regions where the ANC had historically been weakest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "He is probing, feeling for a weak point, an undefended crossing. If he does not find one, he will curl all his fingers into a fist and try and make one." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The few strikes these weak unions dared to attempt won no concessions, and usually resulted in the dismissal of strikers and their nonstriking family members. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “They’re weak as water, if you want to know,” came the reply from one of the men. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Glenn began game four with a weak serve. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She shouts my name, but her voice is weak with reluctance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I was getting weaker and my eyelids grew heavier. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “The Lord upholds the weak,” she says in quick reply, as if she is used to defending herself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The phone rings constantly, and their ears ache from speaking to all these people, their throats turning weak from explaining again and again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the wind still blew, the sun was weak, and the earth was gray. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The officer stamped his foot petulantly, turning weak with frustration. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and have no substitute defense. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He climbed the ladder to the loft and he was so weak he wasnt sure he was going to make it to the top. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z My body goes weak when I wonder which one the soldiers killed first. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After the babies arrived, the mothers were pretty weak from all that squatting. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was certainly one of his weaker answers, but the best he could come up with. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I nodded penitently, and broke into a weak smile. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, though he wasn't dead, he had grown weaker as the day continued. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We had our own internal intelligence service because we knew that certain men were weak in this regard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After a time I walked again on legs that grew weak with weariness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice rang clear and high, surprising me—then again, Nana could seem small and weak, too, until she decided to tell you about yourself. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Maybe it was fatigue, but the touching of palms seemed a little weak. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I must admit that cruelty and force exerted against weakness turn me sick with rage, but this would be equally true in the treatment of any weak by any strong. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Their knees must have felt so weak that blinding hunger alone could have propelled them forward. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, my knees feel weak. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Unions remain weak in the South to the present day. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The weather beyond the train windows was as patchy as it had been all summer; they passed through stretches of the chilling mist, then out into weak, clear sunlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I know that you all believe me weak, frightened, feeble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had found the weak chink in my armor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He looked up at me through the window and gave a weak thumbs-up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z No one’s coming out of their homes, because, like him and Daphne, they’re just too sick and weak. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z If you didn’t play chess, it was nearly impossible to enter Bobby’s world, and yet his disrespect seemed to be directed more at weak players than those who didn’t know how to play the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, I discovered that I wasn’t as weak as I had thought. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His fingers are too weak to even grip the pen and write his name. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Half of us,” Newt said, his voice weak. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He was weak and his infected leg was in excruciating pain from the stress and exertion he had endured the day before, hunting for Julio. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the “lighthearted” Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the “deeper” Anne is too weak. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “We have to hit it there—it’s a weak spot!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Years and months had become weak, and people could push against them and wander back and forth in time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In a ragged, barely audible voice, Rob croaked, “Harold was with me last night, but he doesn’t seem to be with me now. He was very weak.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Each group was forced into a rhythm, keeping a pace that was difficult for the slowest and weakest of them as they marched. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The snakelike traffic pushes on with the strong able-bodied men forming the head, and the old, young, weak, and hungry trailing behind as the tail. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Weary and weak, he felt pain from the infected wound and the doctors' treatment of it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My dad had always said therapy was for people who are weak, so I was surprised when he didn’t argue with my mom for saying I should go—but I sure did. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z They would breed these cattle, special cattle, not the weak, soft Herefords that grew thin and died from eating thistle and burned-off cactus during the drought. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He pawed at a corner, hoping to pry the suitcase open enough for the boy’s weak nose to smell these favored things and be comforted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It is all dark and horrid to me, for I can remember nothing; but I am full of vague fear, and I feel so weak and worn out. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Too much and they call you weak, too little and you’re monstrous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The men were then pulled from the hold, squinting in the bright sunlight—filthy, weak, and almost crippled from being tied down for almost twenty hours each day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a very ugly old woman, Bran thought spite-fully; shrunken and wrinkled, almost blind, too weak to climb stairs, with only a few wisps of white hair left to cover a mottled pink scalp. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When they set out again he was very weak and for all his speeches he’d become more faint of heart than he had been in years. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z His playing-it-cool game is weak ’cause I know he’s been losing his head, they all are. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This, his activity here with animals and animal dealers, seemed the only weak spot in the shroud of depression, a flaw by which he might be able to grab it and exorcise it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I squeezed again, harder, even though her cheek had a weak rubbery feeling I did not like. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your friend is very weak. She has suffered a great shock.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His face was noble; a face sculpted from an aggrieved aristocracy that was bleeding out through weak tributaries in the long delta of the twentieth century. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The train thrusts forward, drawing out the weak screams of the still conscious. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A twig caught the brunt of it, burst into weak flame, and then the flame died. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a family. And my wife’s still weak after the baby.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Often, they carried each other, the wounded or weak. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He held up the head while Billy swabbed out the wound with weak carbolic acid salve. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are so weak. You must learn to be strong,” she shouts at me and walks away, leaving me standing in the sun with my head down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He pivoted and turned, and with his left and weaker foot, kicked a line drive that curved down just under the Fire goalie’s hands. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Fischer, with a weak smile, looked somewhat embarrassed, as if to say, “I really should have won this tournament, and I can’t blame the Russians this time. It was me...all alone.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That big fin all wobbly and weak, and blood coming from the place where the barb went in, and the shiny dark eye staring at me, as if to say, look what you did. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a Lord of the Flies atmosphere—they taunted and sometimes physically assaulted weaker classmates. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Bobby’s own play was not at its sharpest, but he exploited the weak moves of his opponent and pressed home the advantage until Tal lapsed into a hopeless endgame and resigned. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dany bid them kill the weakest of their dying horses, so the dead man might go mounted into the night lands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bobby won a series of contests against weaker players, but as he progressed up the tournament ladder, he confronted stiffer opposition and started to lose. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa waves a weak hand at them to go. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Yossarian felt his heart skip a beat and his legs grow weak. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He grasped my hands, sending a spark through my body that made me feel weak with longing for him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Like so many cold, weak people, when faced at last by the incontrovertible disaster she exhumed from somewhere a sort of fortitude, strength. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In his opinion this takes some doing, as the stuff is weaker than shampoo and tastes like it into the bargain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Name some. 1 want you to name some for me. Where are you weak?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Rumors about the war, rumors about upcoming “selections,” when SS officers would weed out the weakest prisoners and ship them off somewhere. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “He turns from the light because his eyes are weak. Kenny has told me it is always so with such children.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And I can’t help but wonder if my momma was weak. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Even with her dark skin, he could see the blood was draining from her face, and she looked weaker and weaker by the second. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It could have been consumption or tuberculosis; Erasmus seemed to be a consumptive, always weak and lacking in energy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With a narrow glare, I threw everything inside me at my weak, fat, balding father. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I already know my blood type, Mr. Banner,” I said in a weak voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “And other than that, the boy prince is useless to us. Too young, too weak. If not for Dain, then let’s kill him for all of Faerie.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had altered his voice, I noticed, making it weak and quavery while he uttered his singsong plea: “Take pity on an orphan child, take pity...” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s weak, but he chalks it up to adrenaline. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She grew weaker and lost her appetite, but against all advice, my father simply could not bear to let her go. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Corky was bigger than Jesse, so every argument with either of them was a loss, because it made Jimmy feel small and weak. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Not because the conch call had felt weak, as if it couldn’t even reach to the tops of the mountains, let alone carry our message all the way to the sky world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z "No, but it disturbs me to read that the woman's wrongdoing led her husband to kill her. She was more weak than wicked," I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Amy’s lecture put the matter in a new light, and for the first time it did look weak and selfish to lose heart at the first failure, and shut himself up in moody indifference. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have been older than most people Clayton knew, but Cool Papa wasn’t old or weak. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The weaker factions will always join the external forces, and the others will not be able to stand up to them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “I had a chile, my massa’s chile for shure. She be as pretty as the dawn—blond hair, blue eyes, and skin the color of weak tea.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Armpit took several blows to the head, but Moses’s punches only got weaker, while his own seemed to gain power. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Syncopation — Syncopation occurs when a strong note happens either on a weak beat or off the beat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Are there bully fish that take advantage, and weaker fish that keep losing out? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She felt weak, for not having a passion, not being sure what she wanted to do. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He tried to shake off the roots, but he was still weak. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It felt, to Ifemelu, like a weak copy, a floundering imitation of what she had imagined it would be. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You mirror his steps until you see a weak spot—and then you lunge.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Although Lucretia felt much better since malaria had sickened her about six weeks earlier, she was still too weak to join them. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I could feel my body softening into the floor, my mind getting weak, the darkness getting scary, the booze turning from mean to messy. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I kept staring at Renee’s—Love’s—face, trying to find the weak point. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She is too weak to swat it off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so weak, I had to rest my upper body on the vanity. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z As a Russian, Boukreev came from a tough, proud, hardscrabble climbing culture that did not believe in coddling the weak. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I say, and I am ashamed of how weak my voice sounds. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z "He must have some weak spot. Every monster does." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The goose knew a day in advance that they were coming—she could hear their weak voices calling from inside the egg. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She had no more time to argue with him, for at that moment Mr. Derby emerged from the front door of the house, angrily holding up a weak and sobbing Mrs. Derby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was light because Ducky is weak,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He was too small and weak to fight whatever drove Celia to abandon him each day. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the ladies served them weak tea and soda crackers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I rowed with weak arms, watching my hands to make sure I kept hold of the oars, for I could not feel my grip. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I felt my knees go weak and tremble. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she was not as weak as she always assumed; finally, you had to measure yourself by other people—there really was nothing else. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He says, “Well. I guess you could say, a weak moment born of guilt. Do you know what that means?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z They did not have families to hold their hands and swat away the flies when they became too weak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The naked light- bulbs that hung irregularly from the stained ceiling cast a weak yellow light upon the warped floorboards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lana looked at the silk suit, the hat, the weak, insecure eyes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day, I awake feeling weaker and weaker, my arms, fingers, stomach, feet, and toes feeling heavier, until I am no longer able to train or work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the same way, Deganawidah prophesied, the Five Nations, each weak on its own, would fall into darkness unless they all banded together. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Snow fell that morning outside the courthouse windows, four tall, narrow arches of leaded glass that yielded a great quantity of weak December light. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s almost stooped over, as though he’s in pain, and when he shakes my hand his grip is weaker than before. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking my weak little steps through the snow down that mountain, I got it all. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was thin and weak and hollow-eyed; his illness had left its marks on him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is because I am weak at present, and perhaps because it was on Lucy’s account, that their devotion was manifested; for over and over again have I seen similar instances of woman’s kindness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She was frail and sickly from the first, and childbirth only left her weaker. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We’ll have the Water Monster of the Agave Pond rest tonight. Yes. Rest would do him well as he is becoming weaker. I expect your full attention tomorrow night.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If the density is less than a certain critical value, determined by the rate of expansion, the gravitational attraction will be too weak to halt the expansion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger sat again upon the cot, weak and exhausted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Kingshaw felt his legs go weak beneath him, as he climbed the last fence, and stood in the place from which he had started out on his walk, by the edge of the copse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Food was scarce; days went by when we had little more than rubbery potatoes in weak broth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When Fischer questioned Ngawang, he admitted that he’d been feeling weak, groggy, and short of breath for more than two days, so Fischer directed him to descend to Base Camp immediately. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Food was weak coffee substitute in the morning, watery soup at lunch, and bread at night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “This has to stop. Right now. This—this—game you two play, where you tell each other secrets but keep them from me like I’m too inconsequential or stupid or weak to handle them.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The snare had left him weak and overwrought. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Taisin’s eyes stung from the heat, and she felt weak, exhausted—as though something wild had been dragged through her body. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He even managed a weak smile at my confusion. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak tea. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z They placed him, weak and bleeding, on a couch. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had operated a candy store until she got sick, after which she mostly slept or sat by the window, looking frail and weak. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re this weak, Ma tells him, avoid her, avoid the danger. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She didn’t dare to look at Nehemia, and only hoped her understanding of the common language was still weak enough for her not to have understood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was not sickly or weak but he did not lift very well; he rode horses badly and detested them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was ruddy and languid with a startled look and weak lips. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Nanabozho didn’t think much about the muskrat, because he was so small, just a little animal, too weak. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Jones remembered the same weak eves on top of a red beard. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had weak kidneys & wet the bed every night. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z "Not much point in our copying their weak stuff, is there?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Mother and I became weaker. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Her voice sounded weaker, but maybe that was just because she was farther away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z How small she looked, how weak and frail and scared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The weak became life and energy for the falcons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He said that Americans had no choice but to keep fighting in Vietnam until they achieved victory or until the Communists realized that they could not force their way of life on weak countries. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I tried to be strong, I was weak and did not know how I could fend for myself without Ma’s protection. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve seen the captain before,’’ the parrot says, his voice weaker with each word. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He offers her a weak half smile, and she continues. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Knights defend the weak and protect the innocent, they say. And I am the fairest maid in all Volantis.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The chowder had blown both ways and he still felt weak and crampy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I offered a weak smile and a shrug, suddenly without words again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Shanti was weak from hunger, but she didn’t like going into situations in which she was not one hundred percent in charge. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z While I have also improved my reputation as a worker, because she is weak, Chou has been taken out of the garden and demoted to a cook. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had a knife, I would kill him now, she thought, until she remembered the girls: Her throat constricted as she said, "You were a knight, sworn to defend the weak and innocent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His hand was unsteady, and his lips could curve only into a tremulous and exceedingly weak smile. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I never sought to undermine Mr. de Klerk, for the practical reason that the weaker he was, the weaker the negotiations process. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My approach sounded so weak alongside his, and he never used a foul word. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The only solution was to consider the macabre alternative—the selective elimination of the weak. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Living with the poor miners’ families, Fannie had become weak from working so hard and not eating enough. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z He looked terribly weak, and he spoke every word as if it were painful. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z His face puffed up, his neck got thicker, his voice grew weak. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was weak and his hands were slippery with sweat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, urging the memories into Gabriel, Jonas felt that they were more shallow, a little weaker than they had been. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She wants to sit up for Ma, but her body is so weak that the slightest movement is painful. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her chest, smaller than my fist, shuddered, and she gave a cry, but so weak, so like a parting, that I was near despair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder whether we would have loved the weaker, flawed, unembellished version. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The block guard turns on the weak light and bangs her club on the bunks to wake us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “If we hold back, that just makes us weaker.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She shook her feathers and, weak from hunger, fell into a restless sleep. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We would be pitiable creatures indeed to be so weak, for is not a man’s spirit given to him to rise above his misfortunes? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “First sample was too weak, the second too strong,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe if you’d just break the ice. Sometimes the barrier is so weak it just falls over when you touch it. Catch up with her. Tell her I want to see her.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her knees felt weak, like they might buckle at any moment. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It looked weaker and less alert, but snapped feebly as Hazel came up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If gratitude is the heart’s memory, Bobby’s call to remembrance was weak or sometimes nonexistent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian screamed with a trapped feeling of terror and began to shiver, feeling very cold suddenly and very weak. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She knows she cannot show her emotion, or the supervisor will think she is weak and not worth keeping alive. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up my phone because I was weak and I missed him and because I’d been lying there, thinking about him for hours already; my brain had succumbed long before he’d texted me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She hustled the boy back to his room, as fast as you could husde a boy who was still weak from fever and lack of food. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z My brain was still thrumming from the effects of the White Noise, but my weak heart made the choice easy for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The filaments of the bulb inside his field light glow yellow: weaker already. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If she kept at it, chipping away at weak links wherever she found them, it might add up to something. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The bones of his leg were so weak that he needed to wear a fur-lined metal brace to prevent them from buckling, but they held up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt so weak, and the pain stabbed through him when he struggled to lift his hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I ask as my knees go weak and my imagination creates images of the crushing monster chasing after us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, that was what the circus was all about—the power of the strong over the weak, the domination of man over nature, expressed in battle and bloodshed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z This line of reasoning is weaker than it initially appears. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Our task is to fell a Nightbeast. They are really hard to find, and once they find you, it’s usually too late. This is our chance to get to it while it’s weak.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His sermons were dull, his speaking voice weak. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It has a weaker magnetic field and radiation belt than Jupiter and a more spectacular set of circumplanetary rings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Creüsa felt her purpose grow weak and ebb away while the strange boy spoke. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He taught me how to break the hold, where the fingers were weakest and the bones in my arm strongest, so that after a few minutes I could cut through even his thick fingers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a kind of moan, weak and tremulous. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The signal is weak enough that, though the earphone is six inches away, he can’t hear any trace of the song. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Willingness to hire people with criminal records is greatest in construction or manufacturing—industries that require little customer contact—and weakest in retail trade and other service sector businesses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The only consolation is that she died much faster than they would have liked, because her body was so weak from drugs and from her infinite despair over Jaime’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivan’s hold around her was getting weaker, and she grasped him, praying he hadn’t given up and taken a breath. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z If his wall had any weak places they may have been on the sides nearest Aron and Lee, and particularly nearest Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They attacked me to make me feel weak. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Suddenly weak, I lean against a tree to rest, feeling the heat draw the moisture from my body like a sponge. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Or this: The landlord is expected to strongly oppose weaker noise regulations. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa does not fear the Khmer Rouge soldiers will want Meng to join the army because he is physically weak, so Pa allows him to stay unmarried. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’ll be all right,” said Mr. Ages, “but weak for a few hours.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z However, just as in the case of the electromagnetic and weak unified theory, there are low-energy consequences of the theory that can be tested. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At a superpower summit in Berlin that summer, Khrushchev bullied Kennedy, whom he believed to be weak, inexperienced, and indecisive. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His hair was gone; he was weak and sick and tired. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The laughter is like pealing bells that don’t need a hand to pull on the rope; it just goes on and on until you are weak with it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They picked out the weak and slow from the flocks of migrating birds and moved south when their prey moved south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Her breath was ragged in her throat; her limbs felt weak, as though she had just climbed a thousand steps; her hand holding the broken stem shook. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My mother comes back from the hospital and is weaker. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Within three strokes he knew how tired he was—his whole body felt weak and sore from the beating he’d taken in the rapids. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z We were too weak to walk much after we left the village, so we found a shady place under some trees and lay there close together. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “They left all the weak ones here,” she said finally. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands were clammy, and he found himself comparing his mother’s frightened, weak squeeze to his father’s iron-hard grip. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I am the father of her sons. She would have told you, and I was weak.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Her insides turned to stone, and she felt clumsy and thick, but also light and weak as a newborn. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And Petey, not wanting to appear weak and abused in front of Anna, smiled as if he was in on the gag. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It, too, was weak, as if the struggle had taken as great a toll on the man as it had on the child. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Not thirsty, not hungry, not weak from our days in the dark cellar. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The man squinting up at them from the pit was so thin and weak, his attempt to stand failed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My knees went weak, and I closed my eyes against the truth that was coming. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Hunger make me little bit weak,” she said with embarrassment one morning. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The tension poured out of me, leaving me feeling weak and rubbery. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After my mom leaves, I head straight to the gym with Will, wanting to strengthen my weak lungs as much as I possibly can. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A wave of hurt broke over Francie and left her weak when it passed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven looked over the blackboard Valley had just finished writing on and committed it to memory—they would find the Nightbeast while it was still in its weak state by luring and following cucos. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I curse myself for being small and weak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In my daydream of Papa, I forget where I am for a moment and how weak my legs still are. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sir Urre, who was weak by now, raised himself on an elbow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You could hear it all sizzling and crispy and juicy, and I have to confess when dinnertime came I did eat a few small bites, but only because I was positively weak with hunger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She suddenly wanted those things so badly she felt weak. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I am still weak, but nimble enough to take on The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Our right to be here is weaker by the minute. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The chocolate sale was postponed for a week and Brother Leon, speaking at chapel, gave a weak explanation. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My legs went weak and I plunked down on the bench seat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Slinking along side streets and back alleys, I make my way to the weak spot in the fence closest to Rooba the butcher’s. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And this feeling, this tenderness oozing throughout his body, made him almost weak. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A dim, sunken light glowed in his weak and listless eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Though—small and weak as Kaz was—that was no easy task. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Too weak to resist, the carrot quietly surrendered to the force of his jaws. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Elnora, whose eyes were too weak to see her stitches, merely sat with some unsewn pillow covers in her lap and closed her eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The long stay in the hospital had left him weak—too weak to walk steadily on the gravel shoulders of the road. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z By the time she arrived at the nursery, Penelope felt weak in the knees, and her hands were shaky. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Jack felt a little better, but he was very weak. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The tight feeling in his chest now, as well as the weak feeling in his loins, had been exactly the same. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z ‘No problem, just make sure you’re getting enough iron and protein. Hmm ... a little weak in the left shoulder. I assume you got hit with something heavy about a month ago?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The weak force engages in more miscellaneous tasks, mostly to do with controlling the rates of certain sorts of radioactive decay. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She has become too weak to work in the laundry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “The sextet of Robert Frobisher. He was an amanuensis for my father, when my father was too old, too blind, too weak to hold a pen.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The Mountain and his men had horses, but the captives were all afoot, and those too weak to keep up were killed out of hand, along with anyone foolish enough to flee. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Perfectly pressed, each petal carefully displayed on the ivory paper, their radiant colors dancing even in the weak candlelight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Alone, we are weak. Together, we are strong. Together, we are the flood.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to push the nurse’s hands away, try to get up, but I’m too weak. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When that happens, the group eventually gets weak and may get sick from all kinds of diseases. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “So we have to correct the weak little lackeys who think it’s fun to follow a bad example. Isn’t that so?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Had my legs been weaker, they would have given way beneath me when I saw what I saw beyond the ridge. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His voice sounded weak, so he tried to give it more gusto. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I selected the fountain that gurgled outside the guesthouse where the Paqo and I had stayed, although it was weaker and quieter now. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She pulled it loose and held it up to examine it in the weak moonlight from the window. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But hearing it in my ears right now, it feels weak. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There were also great differences in the completeness with which suites of crops and livestock spread, again implying stronger or weaker barriers to their spreading. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps this was weak of me, but I wanted to get on with it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He said there was a weak rung on that ladder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Ben opened the door to the car, his knees so weak that he seemed likely to collapse in the driveway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her whisper was so weak I barely heard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The Mexican guy moving just his fingers, making weak fists, rolling off the guy Jimmy, who doesn’t move at all. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The hands were the weak point, the most vulnerable part of the suit, because of what they handled. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to hold me back, but weak though I still was, I pushed her aside easily. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some people are weak in some ways, sir. Others in other ways.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the time of the discovery, Rondon was weak from a bout with malaria and near starvation. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The first pair of twins, born twenty years ago to Melissa, were undersize and weak from birth, especially one of them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Vera’s legs were weak; like a calf that is learning to walk, she was wobbly and disoriented. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to keep saying things that made me feel weak. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Too weak, too young, but perhaps you will do. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She gave him the herb and told him that he should always keep his promises, even if he thought that he had made a promise to a weak old woman. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She was so weak that she stumbled as she walked. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d have to turn back to it until the dungeon was Mother herself she and Father upward into weak light holding hands and us lost somewhere below even them without even a ray of light. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z If the mind’s not strong, the body acts weak, even if it’s not. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z She imagined that she had been drugged and that was why her limbs were so weak and sluggish and why her ideas had grown so jumbled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But in 1790 the Supreme Court was a woefully weak third branch of the federal government and the principle of judicial review had yet to be established. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Was the party so weak and uncertain of itself that it could not accept what I had said at the unit meeting? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Their timing was all off, their pulls weak and inefficient. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z To explain what kept atoms together, other forces were needed, and in the 1930s two were discovered: the strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He was a funny- looking child who became a funny-looking youth—tall and weak, and shaped like a bottle of Coca-Cola. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His will was too weak and slow to restrain his hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z This made my legs go weak beneath me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ross Wilcox got in a weak punch, but had to squirm sideways to not get toppled. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Even so, the light was weak and paltry in the cold air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The wind alone came in, struggling with the weak flame in the coal-oil lamp. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hear the faint murmur of voices coming from outside, although the sound was too weak to make out words. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Might is a slightly weaker form of may. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In previous chapters I have described general relativity, the partial theory of gravity, and the partial theories that govern the weak, the strong, and the electromagnetic forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He has the same mission as always, and a new reason for working fast: he's feeling so weak he “can’t count on living for a great many years.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Curley was white and shrunken by now, and his struggling had become weak. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I knew the aftereffects of the drug would leave her exhausted and weak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She pulled out a tube of lipstick and, with a weak hand, applied the melted color to her lips. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Yet there is often a weak correlation between degrees of explicit and implicit bias; many people who think they are not biased prove when tested to have relatively high levels of bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Some women are too weak to live on their own.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was skeletal and weak—and what had happened to his hair and beard? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The basic idea of GUTs is as follows: as was mentioned above, the strong nuclear force gets weaker at high energies. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With her earnings Irawaddy was able to buy rice and salt, and milk for the child, who was too weak for anything else. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The Galtonians had been convinced that eugenics would ultimately generate radical equality—transforming the weak into the powerful. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The weak shall fall and the strong shall survive and not be defeated! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I felt very weak and sick by the time I burst into my mother’s kitchen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve stepped over the bodies in the hallways, seen strong guys turn weak and cops spread sheets over brothers in the gutter. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His strength, that protectiveness he radiates, it doesn’t mean she’s weak. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m too weak for surprises” were the last sounds he got out before he fainted from fatigue and brandy and no food and bad sleep and lots of other things, none of them nutritious. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She held the tray up higher, and the candle shed its weak light on the towering pile of spoons and bowls and kettles. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Tuesday night I set out to eliminate the weak maybes from my suspect list, beginning with Mr. Sabbatini, except I couldn’t eliminate him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Now I was back in weak, helpless flesh. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They existed like eagles, to prey on weaker brethren. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt suddenly weak and powerless, as limp as a rag doll. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Horace sounded weak and defensive, ashamed to have been cornered into saying this. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The fever burned, making me weak and dizzy. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Touching her neck, he felt a weak pulse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The ranges of the four voices overlap, but singers may find themselves straining or getting an unpleasant sound at the top or a weak sound at the bottom of their ranges. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Well you make a hot poultice of epsom salts and put it on there. She’s weak, you know, from the pups. Be a shame if she got sick now. You’d lose the pups too.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The mother struggled to keep her daughter afloat, but the chains were heavy and they were weak from hunger and captivity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Each afternoon, she reminds herself that if she is weak, if she does not keep moving forward, her children will pay. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The effort made me weak, and I felt myself grow light-headed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She had no doubt that spirit hands had directed the boat when she was too weak to row. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about how my legs were rubbery and weak. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He closed his hand on the sword hilt and jiggled the sword a little, too weak to raise it off the floor. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of dinner bacon and cabbage wafting from a farmhouse makes me so weak with the hunger I climb into a field and stuff myself with blackberries for half an hour. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Man trusted his own strength, and his strength was weak.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My voice sounds high and weak compared to Marcus’s and Jack’s, but it’s too late to stop. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Now the toad squirmed; with its weak hind feet it tried to pry itself from his grip, wanting, instinctively, to go flopping off. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But celebrities actually have a weak effect on baby names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Without them, his eyes were small and weak and amiable, watery with smoke, crinkled at the edges with laughter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He tried to scream, but he was too weak. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He walked, then tried to run; but he felt too weak. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It took over two hours, and he had to stop several times because he still felt a bit weak and once because he felt a strange new twinge in his stomach. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The team exited from the hot zone in pairs, and stood around on the grass in their civilian clothes, looking pale, weak, and thoughtful. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I will prove myself brave, when they think I am weak. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Melissa never seemed to have enough milk for two babies, so we were not surprised when the weak one died at the age of ten months. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z They talked about how Nature weeded out the weak and left the hardy to carry on. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But he was so weak, and the sides of the canal were so slippery. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I’m as strong as can be,” he roared, lifting an enormous boulder over his head, “and I’m as weak as can be,” he gasped, staggering under the weight of his hat. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z On the second day he knew he was growing weaker. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Reggie responded with an even weaker return that bounced into the net. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There are hardly fifty of us left, and those that are left are half starved and weak. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We made an agreement: he would speak to me in English and I would answer in Afrikaans, and in that way we both practiced the language at which we were weakest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The cuts sting, but I mostly feel weak from the sight of my own blood. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the electromagnetic and weak forces, which are not asymptotically free, get stronger at high energies. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no doubt that a statement starting with there begins on a weak note. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s weak and runs a fever off and on. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Similar arguments show that, of two geometrically similar bridges of the same material, the larger one is necessarily the weaker of the two. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was also weak with hunger, and as he wandered the streets, he began searching for an empty house where he could eat and rest. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She gave a weak smile to Kelly, an even weaker smile to George, then stepped offstage. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “Uncle Jet, ask Nali for help. Ask my father for help. It’s not weak to ask for help!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In the latter case, their status is weaker and more dangerous, since they depend entirely upon the will of those citizens who are appointed as magistrates. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I knew Mother would have strong opinions about where I’d wind up, with curved legs and weak bones like the poor Congolese children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had not been weak he would have rejected her instantly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Even now, today, I sometimes don’t know what they are saying. But then, I’m old and getting weak,” said Nokomis. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “They’re going to live. There’s a lot of typhus. You need to be careful coming in here. Schillinger was so weak the Gestapo nearly shot him.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “We were filthy, our camp uniforms almost rotted off our bodies, and both of us so weak and emaciated, we could hardly stand,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly I feel weak, like every question in my head has collided against another and won’t let me think. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It was really Hwin, though she was the weaker and more tired of the two, who set the pace. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He gives a weak laugh that doesn’t show his dimples. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He was so weak that basic tasks required tremendous effort. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So, weak and poor and scared, I let them call me names while I tried to figure out what to do. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Slumped in his chair, Horse let out a weak chuckle and took a long pull from his flask. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then she jerked back awake and looked at me, embarrassed that I'd seen her weak. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “That monkey, he’s the worst—he caught my Karossa and nearly killed her—I could feel all weak....” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "The frightened, the weak, and the sick. And we who swore. We remain." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even when he was very ill and weak, the first days of our escape, he hid his face from me when he wept. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The children sat opposite the king, staring at his milky face and weak chin and lank, wet-looking hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Most insults Percy could shrug off—being called weak or stupid or whatever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Longneck worried that the weakest geese wouldn’t survive, and he was right. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But the dog was weak, and highly strung, and suffered a heart attack one bright December morning in the country, leaping from the porch in happy pursuit of a squirrel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Roz I’m freezing can I join you by the fire please?” said a weak voice. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Pity, but contempt, too, that it'd allowed itself to get so weak. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He doesn’t look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do—like I am too small and too weak to be of any use, and they pity me for it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Trees can be felled for rams if rams are required. Amolf Karstark writes that fewer than fifty men remain at the Dreadfort, half of them servants. A strong castle weakly held is weak.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The old nightgown tented over her, bluish in the weak light. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The certainty made my knees weak, and dancing couples blurred before my eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The cold had robbed him of that strength and left him stiff and weak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The chief psychologist had a limp handshake, and a weak laugh. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I offer a weak wave of my hand in response. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was growing weaker and weaker with the effort it took to continue speaking, but the story inside her was bubbling up again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But he bent down mainly because his legs were weak. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He was so weak he couldn’t even stand, and the rope cut into his neck, turning his face blue. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “You should not be here,” he said, his words weak and slurred—an effect of his pain nanites flooding his system. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Few people would quarrel with the validity or utility of the weak anthropic principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait—there’s more here. He almost disabled the level, didn’t he? This spot—he realized that the code was weak here.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Our Führer would remind you that it makes no sense to support the weak or crippled. In nature, the weaker species simply die.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It served him right to die like that, feverish and so weak at the end that he was croaking nonsense. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And even if it were possible to go to this imaginary place, I am too weak to move. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He stood up and found himself weak, trembling, and dizzy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long time, our little brother goes back and forth to the hospital, his body weak from the lead, his brain not doing what a brain is supposed to do. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, it seemed that the weak force did obey the combined symmetry CP. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt weak and light-headed, yet strangely resolute, as if a great weight had lifted from her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She looked as weak as she had in the hospital, but she gave him a small wave. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Strong bodies lean over weak; kisses are planted on cheeks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Always so happy, even though his voice is weak. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I found it hard to stay at the surface of the water; I was still very weak, and I had litde fat on me to help me float. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If her chin was bigger, it might balance out her nose, but it is weak and almost recedes into her neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z However, experiments with large particle accelerators indicate that at high energies the strong force becomes much weaker, and the quarks and gluons behave almost like free particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie had borrowed a lantern from the driver, but the kerosene light was weak. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He struck harder, a glancing blow, and two or three weak sparks skipped off the rock and died immediately. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Would it be worth my effort to try to help her if I know I’m too weak to do any good? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Will and Lyra were both trembling and weak with fear, exhaustion, nausea, and pain, but giving up was inconceivable. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “My dear Lizzy, you cannot think me so weak, as to be in danger now?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The music had gone out of Kino’s head, but now, thinly, slowly, the melody of the morning, the music of evil, of the enemy sounded, but it was faint and weak. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice sounded as thin and weak as he looked. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Backstage, the other girls hug me and whisper, “That was incredible, Virginia!” and I whisper, “Thanks,” but I can’t say anything else because my knees are weak and my heart is pounding. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think you’re going to flag down a boat with a weak little phone light?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After much discussion, we conclude that we are not so much sick as weak from starvation. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was happy he didn't call my name, because everybody knows the third leg is the weakest. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “In here,” I reply from where I’m sitting at the dining room table and give my uncle a weak smile. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Old Grandma told him while he was still sick and weak, lying in the darkened room. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Why won’t this three-eyed crow come to us? Why couldn’t he meet us at the Wall? Crows have wings. My brother grows weaker every day. How long can we go on?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s weak because there is a phantom subject, standing in for the real one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean...I don’t mean weak arms. I mean like when you talk about Papa being strong. Loving us. Protecting us. I don’t know. I guess...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I don’t need no weak little boy can’t say no to his daddy hanging on me. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax lay still while the smaller fox sniffed and licked him, too weak to waste energy batting him away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Grandmother still looked horribly weak and pale, but her voice was as steely as ever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My hands shook so hard I dropped my stick and my knees were so weak I could hardly walk. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What I said and what I should have said ran through my mind and it was all weak. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z In fact, maybe at the moment of his death he would be too weak to feel pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Trying to grasp a sense of normalcy, he made a weak attempt at a joke. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I hesitated, fascinated by the face I saw reflected in the glass—the eyes that seemed to burn straight through the green tint, making my arms go weak. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The grip on his limbs tightened again, but the pain had ebbed away and the trembling had stopped, leaving him merely weak and cold. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Dan Lawrence was not yet twenty; he was still weak from his wounds and loss of blood, still under the cloud of a horror that only subsequent horrors could make him forget. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Said he was still weak, but the cold fresh air would be good for his lungs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The call had been weak, but he’d heard it and followed the sound. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He no longer worked the ferryboat; his eyes were becoming weak, also his arms and hands, but unchanged and radiant were the happiness and the serene well-being in his face. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a little better after the medicines the doctor in Peshawar had given her, but she was still weak. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They kept a cool damp cloth on her forehead and she got weaker and sicker. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry said at last, his teeth chattering, his voice weaker than usual due to his near-strangulation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Attentive, astute, an active listener. It’s what has made you such a good servant, Ekon, and it’s what made Asafa weak.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Old Yeller might be pretty weak and crippled yet, but he’d protect them from just about anything that might come their way. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Back then—which was not so long ago—she made me feel weak, but now her strength makes me feel like I could be stronger too. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He had made no attempt to sit up and it looked as though he was too weak to do so. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Her voice started out weak, but her words gained power and energy as she gained confidence. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I hated her weak neck, the way it did not support her head but let it droop; her head would fall backward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought his protection might be weaker there, away from his relations and Dumbledore, but I was not yet strong enough to attempt kidnap in the midst of a horde of Ministry wizards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But when Grandma Caye arrived that summer, she was weaker and moved more slowly than she ever had. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But he had such a weak voice and was so far inside the shade that the other members of the family did not hear his answering cry. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He could tell from the yards, which were infested with weeds and litter and looked like tufts of greasy hair on an old man too weak to comb it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Harley was bouncing on the seat, and he made the whole truck sway on its weak springs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But when Luke opened the door, he was standing on the landing, looking small in the weak parking-lot light. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He held her eyes for a long few seconds and then said softly, “I know you won’t be a weak ruler. Because you won’t be a ruler at all. Return to the castle.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Rahim Khan sahib used to take him to the bazaar for balloons and biscuits but he is too weak for that now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When she let go of him, she was so weak she almost fell on top of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Soon he was as pale and weak as ever. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Think of me, Boy, when you lie old and weak and dying, and remember how you threw away the chance of endless youth! It won’t be offered you again.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She looked just like a movie star, Dad always said, but hell, he’d met lots of beautiful women before, and none of them had ever made him weak in the knees. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The weak sea light fell through the clerestory portholes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And worst of all, Cara thought, “I would know that I am the biggest, fattest, weakest, lamest, chickenest coward who ever lived.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The Cursed Toads seemed weaker, like they were fading. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z When I managed to restore her she was as weak as water, and cried silently between long, painful struggles for breath. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Though he knew he had been critically injured, he refused treatment and grew weaker and weaker until someone finally took him to a doctor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This man can be called almost a new prince, since from being a weak ruler, through fame and glory he became the first king of Christendom. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Because Elnora’s eyes were weak and her knees crippled, I helped her by digging roots and measuring tiny pinches of dried plants. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Or Reginald, especially, who was weak with his hernia condition, and who looked up to me as his big brother who looked out for him, as I looked up to Wilfred. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Olanna placed her cup against her cheek, to warm it, to delay the first sip of weak tea made from a reused tea bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Will they grow wan and weak, with witheredflanks and shrunken wings? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I try to look around, but I’m too weak. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Joe got too weak to look after things and took to his bed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Alice Paul wasn’t willing to beg for Wilson’s weak support during his reelection campaign. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He had the weakest smile, like he really didn't have the strength or the will to break the blank stare and make his face match the words that came out of his mouth. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I'm weak from dehydration, and the pain has made me sick to my stomach. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Break a leg,” she said again, sort of weak. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It's like I'm trapped underwater or something, so weak and floaty I can't hardly fight him, can't pry his fingers loose from my mother's neck. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He was so weak from the days without food and water that he was unable to raise his head to look at the hare. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I was weak in body and in soul. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t like people to think I’m weak, because I’m not. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I felt confused, weak, and ecstatic all at once. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Hours later, Cole awoke feeling weak and confused. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As our bodies grow tired and weak, we long to sit and rest in the shade, but we force ourselves on; we do not know where or when our trail will end. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he woke he was weak and cold, and the scars on his face and shoulder drew and ached. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The first rule was to find someone smaller and weaker and take what he had. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The muscles in her right eye have been weak since she was a child, and every so often the eye drifts to one side, giving her a vaguely cyclopean air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Victor had recovered but was still weak so, like Blanca, helped only with the light stuff. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Abby gave the boy, who clearly wanted to talk to her, another weak wave. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Inside, I was weak and cowardly. I was too scared not to follow the commands of my masters. I beat the beggar.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It seems weak, but I'm afraid to do anything too drastic. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She grew weak and somnolent, could spend hours lying in the shade looking up at the sun, uninterested in anything else. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice’s handshake was a weak clasp, as if she handled herself with much care, as if she would never scrub herself too vigorously. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When the games erupted into fistfights, it became survival of the fittest: Stronger boys often pummeled weaker boys, throwing them to the ground. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z To break the freshmen’s slump, Bolles had to search vigilantly for and repair weak links in the chain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I wandered from Mr. Turner’s office and into the hall, feeling weak, frustrated, and pitiful. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I saw you,” he said, his voice weak. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z At my words, she managed a weak smile. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He still felt weak, and his skin was covered with itchy chickenpox blisters. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Despite my many protests of a weak stomach, Mom argued that we couldn’t afford takeout and insisted we tough it out. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The infection also left Roosevelt so weak that he couldn’t sit up, forcing him once again to lie down on top of the boxes in the canoe in an uncomfortable position. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z A truly self-reliant person finds his weak link and strengthens it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The world would spin around her and she would feel weak and nauseous. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke, I saw pain and helplessness in my father's eyes as he realized how weak and emaciated I had become. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z We watched the moonlight go weak on the walls with the thickening clouds. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z His heart was weak and his gout made it painful sometimes for him to move around. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm seized with terror, weak from my head wound, shaking. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There the last weak messages from the environment pointed her southward again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z My voice was weak, pushing through my pounding head and trembling heart. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The servant died when I left his body, and I was left as weak as ever I had been,” Voldemort continued. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z By post time he was too weak even to sit upright in a saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice was too weak to carry far, and the doctor was already concentrating on the next jaundiced face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The meter of a piece of music is the arrangement of its rhythms in a repetitive pattern of strong and weak beats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “It will make you powerful. But it will also make you weak. Your prowess in combat will be beyond any mortals, but your weaknesses, your failings will increase as well.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He tried to call out, but his voice was weak: “Edward?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Lines, the color of weak tea, began to appear around the black beetle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was a man’s voice, weak and shaky. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I'm so weak, I can hardly put my shoes on. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Elaine, who was now as white as the Queen had been but still held herself proud and upright said: “You have driven him mad. His wits must have been weak.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya searched her brain for a solution, and she found a weak one quickly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He knew that darkness turned people weak because it confused them and made them wander. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “It’s not a stoat sandwich, is it?” said Harry anxiously, and at last Hagrid gave a weak chuckle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I glance up at Dad, and he gives me a weak smile, then looks away. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Håkon tried to imitate him, but his was weak and shaky. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Shame to the slothful and woe to the weak one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be an idiot!” he says, his voice weak. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your weak flesh. Yours. Not mine. You and I both know it. And God does too.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Because Otto’s engine was weak, heavy, and seven feet tall, it did not recommend itself over horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Baby boy’s weak. Got to get some nursing soon.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He wished that out there, on that island, there really was something that could turn the small and weak into the big and strong. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And in a voice that seemed to me very weak, I piped, ‘Hi.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a mosaic of her grandmother Rommely’s mysticism, her tale-telling, her great belief in everything and her compassion for the weak ones. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My body is trembling and I feel so weak I’m not sure I can stand, but I have to try. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Occasionally, when caught in the exact eye of this bleached and motionless crystal expanse, Billy Ray’s limbs went weak from sheer joy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He advised the others that if they had weak stomachs, they should not do likewise. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My brother was a rendering from Psalm 102, “weak and withered like grass.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Three times in nine days, Frederick is chosen as the weakest in field exercises. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In these few hours his hands had grown white, weak, thin. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “He mourns her something terrible. He is still in bed recovering. He’s weak, but he’ll survive. Thank the Lord the boys haven’t taken ill.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon was too politically weak to veto the bill. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I plan to tell her over and over, until one day, at a weak moment, she will say yes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A few hundred feet below, Scott Fischer was struggling down the Southeast Ridge, growing weaker and weaker. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Werner yanks with all his strength, but he is too little, too weak; the strength deserts him almost as soon as it came. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In contrast, time after time, quarrels between skilled and unskilled laborers left the work force weak and defeated. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So he has to be aggressive: he has to make it clear, through his words and deeds, that he is not weak. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Bobby’s opponents were not necessarily the strongest in the tournament, nor were they the weakest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When I’d recovered a little, I looked up to see another gleam ahead of me—not a reflection of my phone, but a weak glimmer of daylight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As useless as I knew it would be, as weak as my knees already were, panic took over and I bolted for the emergency door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Too weak or too tightly chained to shake them off, the men suffered in silent agony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But selective inbreeding via marriage, Wells argued, might paradoxically produce weaker and duller generations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Dusk fell before he finally heard it: Bristle’s weak answering yelp. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Judging from the position of his blade, he would’ve taken me—maybe by sheer luck—in the small of my back, my only weak point. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For once, the weak smile playing over Uriah’s lips is gone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The coast seemed so far away, and he knew he was too weak to swim the distance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When the poison broke into her body, she whispered to me that she would rather kill her own weak spirit so she could give me a stronger one. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked feverish, weak She held on to the goalpost, bent over, and vomited a white liquid into the grass. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Boys who were too weak to walk to the usual places to relieve themselves just squatted in the middle of camp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve broken the backs of bulls no weaker than he is. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z This is some older, grayer, weaker, enslaved version of her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The medicines the Sisters gave her made her woozy and weak. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z At the camp, if she cries she will be judged by 160 pairs of eyes that will think her weak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His leg was so badly injured and he was so weak that he nearly drowned before the men could pull him out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Mouths full of macaroni and cheese, barely lifting our forks from the tables, we all manage a weak “Yeah...” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Orange-striped magma swirled and hissed around her, searching for a weak point in the metal casing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In the weak starlight, as their small barge moved back and forth on the rising ocean swells, they’d have to leap for the cargo net. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But the stronger ones raised up the weaker ones, and both became stronger in the process. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Eight asbestos ceiling tiles had started to bulge down, which meant that either Sycorax and Caliban were getting fatter or the ceiling was getting weaker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He was suddenly old and weak—not himself anymore, but rational enough to know that several troubles had already thrown their shadows. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all extremely old people, he was delicate and weak, and throughout the day he spoke very little. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Something inside my body is making me feel weak and tingly. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z To call it so is beyond my weak belief. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I even won the very first Miss Newark Teen Pageant,” Mama says, cracking a weak smile. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In fact, I was starting to care so much I was having a hard time standing, because my knees felt weak and rubbery. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been watching Captain Bugloss and he struck me as a nice enough fellow, conscientious and a bit weak and rather harassed by having more to do than he could really cope with. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was skinny on top, though, and weak. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My hands, for some weird reason, were weak, wouldn’t work right. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In his comic play The Clouds, Aristophanes, writing in 420 bc, lampooned rhetoric as the art of weak reasoning, “which by false arguments triumphs over the strong.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z There was no answer but a weak mewl, as if from a newborn kitten. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z To capture this apparent paradox, Granovetter coined a marvelous phrase: the strength of weak ties. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Incredibly, presidential security was very weak in that era, even during wartime; almost anyone could walk into the Executive Mansion without being searched and request a brief meeting with the president. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Backer. Tell us, Backer. Who is the weakest member of this group?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Satan is no joking matter. Satan has no body. He works with weak flesh.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z As if recalled by his mood of despair, the pain in his arm returned, and he felt weak and old, and the sunlight seemed thin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Somebody broke into my phone’s weak security, faked Hideo’s voice, set me up—he’s probably laughing his head off right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He would get too old, too weak, or too slow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to be the one who was so weak that people naturally assumed she needed their protection. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z With the added weight of the bag— which seemed to get heavier by the foot— coupled with the fact that he was getting weaker all the time, the raft seemed barely to move. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel one young mother’s disappointment at the reappearance of her husband’s weak chin on the face of her newborn daughter, and a new father’s terror as he calculated the tuition for triplets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Janey Hart discussed how 100 years earlier, men served as hospital attendants and women were thought of as too weak to withstand the horrors of military hospitals. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “It will follow you and tempt you to open it, no matter where you leave it It will appear when you are weakest.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Malcolm dragged himself to his knees, dizzy and weak and almost totally confused. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His legs were weak from so long swimming but he was standing on dry land, and he was alive. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z This happened again and again, and as I was still in thangen and weak of limb and will, it seemed I could not care for him at all. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He said this with a weak little “I’m sorry” smile. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z So we may, if we wish, use the weak anthropic principle to explain why the universe looks the way it does now. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If she choked on the blood or retched up the flesh, the omens were less favorable; the child might be stillborn, or come forth weak, deformed, or female. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I spoke to the doctor this morning,” she said, her voice weak. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He certainly didn’t act like a weak old man. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But his face was unlined, his chin weak like a boy’s. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I tell myself this, over and over, until dawn comes, and a patch of weak morning sunlight seeps through the high-up windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Starving, weak from injuries, trying not to reopen wounds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’m weak, and I’m sick of pretending I’m not. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Jethro sank down on the ground, weak with fatigue and emotion; someone—he later believed it was Bill—carried him inside and laid him on his comshuck bed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a round face, with broad cheeks and a weak chin that made his thick lips seem to protrude even more. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very weak and sweating, but he was well. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If someone puts his own needs first—whether he is injured, sick, or simply refuses to cooperate—that person becomes the weakest link. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Hankering for security or popularity makes you weak and vulnerable. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Aiming for the weak point at the base of the skull, she let the troll have a long burst of the concentrated ion ray. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Jeremiah nodded, and in a weak voice said, “I need to sell my mule. Be obliged if you buy it. You interested?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt weak and dizzy; chills racked his gaunt frame. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the pulse grew weak, the tongue turned a dry brown, and the victim became depressed, confused, and delirious. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But nothing could have prepared the weaker ones for those long nights, when the temperature plummeted and the wind whipped over the island. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z My knees went weak, but it was a good feeling, like I’d just been declared the winner of a match. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “One night, she took a tumble out of bed, probably she needed the bedpan, but then after she fell, she couldn’t get herself up. She was too weak, too sick.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He smiled, a bit embarrassed, as if he had been thinking about something sentimental, something weak. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Matt searched for weak places in the mesh. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To make me soft and weak, to crush my spirit, to pound every last bit of vivisima spark out of me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very old and weak and the effort at passionate speech had drained him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z By the time the evening work was over, the coffee had worked its miracle, and Ellen got up from her bed, white and weak, but released from the pain that had tortured her all day. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bedlow would not have her in the house, unwilling to bear the responsibility, and Dr. Morris had declared her too weak to travel to Maine to her uncle’s. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My breath became short; I felt myself go weak. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But it turned out that Dad had given all the ground he intended to, and the girls found Mother a weak reed on which to lean. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone moved in slow motion, some too weak to carry their belongings. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Without its silver rings and bracelets, the hand looked as weak as the leg of a dying bird. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When I no longer had to be strong in front of you, I became very weak. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z One woman who had just given birth lay where she was with her infant, too weak to get up. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “And who is it, Rodel? In. Your. Opinion. Who is the weakest member of the corps?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When the powerful are made weak, when they are revealed to be human, to have hearts, their diminishment is nothing short of terrifying. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Having a child with The Girl on the Train you makes you vulnerable, it makes you weak. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Your spell will rebound, destroying you and making him too powerful and you too weak. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Until now he had not seemed to notice how thin and weak he was. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Palmer saw Henry for what he was: a captive, strong enough to warn him about last night, but too weak to do anything except follow Beans. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z When he was feeling healthy he did not grieve much, because he knew the dilemma was inevitable—but in weak moments he was persecuted by shame and indecision. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt weak and powerless in the knowledge of the impending doom. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe some might classify you as weak? Now, have you seen the fellow from the movie house?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And here was Old Yeller, weak and crippled, trying to fight a mad one! Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She had recognized Jerome Paisley as a weak, insecure man who was constantly trying to impress everybody. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I tower over her weak frame, and I place Darlene behind me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It goes against tradition; if a woman asks if you’re hungry and you say yes, it makes you appear weak. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Pacheco grinned weirdly, shrugging again; suddenly the lawyer felt weak and dizzy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Beowulf had always been his favorite nephew, even when he was a weak and sickly youth and 110 one else had any time for him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Tad’s tortured groan made Rashid’s knees go weak, but he kept pulling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The Bomb teaches me how to find the weak spot in a building, the pressure point on a body. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sun was either getting hotter or Virgil’s nerves were getting weaker. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Fools rush on war to make a weaker country their slave. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tears are for the weak of heart, Louisiana, and it is our job to be strong in this world.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She reaches down and tries to lift me, but she’s too weak. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They interpreted the weak sources as being the more distant ones, and the stronger ones as being nearer. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like a weak, unsure ghost of her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Jo confesses that she is still weak from her difficult years of longing for that other man. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When we reached land, Mexico to be exact, I was so weak I barely had the strength to be happy about it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z At first Pollard was too weak to go far, but he gradually built up his endurance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, in the evening, Max would whistle or cough, sneeze or sing, letting me know there were no police, and I would pass him food through the weak place in the fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I’d planned on yelling, but my voice came out raspy and weak. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But his voice was so weak that nobody heard. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z She made him feel embarrassed and ungrateful and weak because she had gone to so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn’t really like life at all. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After many seconds Lola said in the same weak, submissive voice, “Yes. It was him.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a feeble movement of his arms, and I knelt beside him and clasped them round my neck, holding them there, for he was too weak. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed Narciso mechanically, weak and disillusioned I tramped after him into the dark twilight of the storm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z These passages show that the great and bitter needs of the helpless were reaching up to heaven and changing the god of the strong into the protector of the weak. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back of his mind, Nathan felt a gnawing fear that made his knees weak and his spine ache. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was also found that the weak force did not obey the symmetry C. That is, it would cause a universe composed of antiparticles to behave differently from our universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “O’ — o’ course, Professor,” said Hagrid, who sounded weak with happiness. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Some of them were too weak to walk and collapsed on the pavement. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, Franek knew how to handle this; he knew my weak spot. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She was distracted by the sudden liveliness of the dogs and didn’t even notice how weak Matty was. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He felt weak and shivery, as though he were recovering from a bad bout of flu; he also felt the beginnings of shame. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Although Roosevelt was too weak to sit up in his canoe, he appreciated the man’s wit and courtesy. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The air held a damp chill, as if the sun that had given a pale, late-winter brightness to the streets in Newton had been too weak to penetrate the dense branches above the woods road. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyone who is thinking about committing suicide is weak, and when you tell someone you are thinking about killing yourself, you most certainly are broken,” Diana said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z So I ran on, my breath roaring in my mouth and my legs getting so weak and trembly that a few times I almost stumbled. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And he was the only man in Hotel Barba who could beat up anybody, so he had to be careful to seem weak, or the staff might kick him out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She found her legs weak when Chaol put a hand on her back to motion her to rise. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Traditionally the tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 join forces, possibly taking in a few other exceptional fighters, and hunt down the weaker competitors. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Stinks is a weak word to describe it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She is a soft, weak creature there, whom a mortal need not fear to attack. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Their secret! as she heard it told, her knees grew tremulous and weak, her heart failed her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands felt weak, like I couldn’t make a fist, but I managed to lift the duffel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It hits the weakest, most sorrowing part of me; but I am only a surrogate, for who knows what lack, what loss. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Since my service is too weak to keep checking for text messages that probably aren’t coming, I have no choice but to listen as they talk about climate change. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We must sterilise all the imported earth between sunrise and sunset; we shall thus catch the Count at his weakest, and without a refuge to fly to. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He felt weak and his knees shook, but there were no more tears in his eyes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My weak, deluded scruples could avail nothing against the iron word of the prophet. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I am sure he is too weak to walk, and I don’t know if I can lift and carry him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Sticky...Washington,” Sticky said again, in a much weaker voice, and Reynie knew they hadn’t much time. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Mom sat silently on my bike luggage rack, weak and pale. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The weak observe the rituals—take their hats off, put them on again, raise their arms, lower their arms, moan, intone, press their palms together—but no one harbors unreasonable expectations. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Strange to think of his voice still flying through the air, already a country away, growing weaker every mile. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But as soon as I thought that, my legs felt weak. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She gives everyone a weak smile and goes back to stand by her husband’s side when she’s done. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Ruth they would take to her death first, because she had asthma and was too weak to work. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She is then so sick and weak that she has to drag her body to the supervisor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he was being weak, or a baby, or a frightened turtle. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I flashed a weak smile, my knees going wobbly at the thought. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z So, poor and small and weak, I picked up Oscar. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he became still weaker, his face hollowed and darkened, his breathing became imperceptible. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The sound came again, a weak, trembling call: “Lina ...” She got up and started for Granny’s room. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “No. Charity, like Socialism, is an invention of the weak to exploit the strong and bring them to their knees.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked as naked as blind salamanders for the few days it took to get over the shock of their pale, weak chins. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And for all he knew, she had friends nearby, or was just playing weak so that they’d walk away and leave her alone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The Ring loves punch lines, not weak lines about yourself. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Either he would actually starve to death or become so weak that he could no longer work, and then he would be shipped to the gas chambers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z My knees go weak and I fall into Ma’s arms. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya tried again to stand up, but her legs were too weak. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A third guard appeared, and the man, who was thin and weak from hunger, had no chance at all. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There were still four full miles to cover, and he was weak with a deep weariness that seemed to penetrate every muscle of his body. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think,” she said in a weak voice, “that I’ll wait my turn till later.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Normally I’d shoot back another weak retort, but this time I held my tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It is a beautiful black girl that brings the tape recorder, and here I lie, flat on my backside in this bed, so ugly, so weak. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Though not fatal, they left him weak and unable to walk without pain in his chest. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d ripped off the sleeves of her T-shirt and used the cloth to wrap her bloody palms, but her fingers were still slippery and weak. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I say, “So maybe it’s not so much that other thing. The weak moment born of guilt. It’s kindness. Like you said. Like give somebody a break, is all. And you did.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Because he was too weak to fight back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I stand, though I’m weak and dizzy from the serum. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My eyes burn and I am too weak to rise; the scent of sweat and blood makes me feel sick. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The Abbot’s old face broke into a weak smile. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He felt very weak and tired and numb. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She was hungry, thirsty, and weak—and her head thudded with pain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was bad to see the indomitable old man weak and hatless in the early morning, something soft in his eyes, pain in his face, the right hand rubbing the pain in the arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not know what it was, but it was not soft or weak, and it might be hatred. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I realized how utterly I was failing and I grew weak and leaned my hot forehead against the cold blackboard. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Gravity gets weaker the farther you are from the star, so the gravitational force on our intrepid astronaut’s feet would always be greater than the force on his head. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been there the longest and was too weak to rise. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “That’s where the defense will be weakest. They’ll never take three kids seriously. I think we can sneak up pretty close before they see us.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Still weak from her tropical illness and pressed for time, she was forced to hire others to etch and engrave most of the copper plates based on her paintings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I'm weak from pain and hunger but can't bring myself to eat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But then, in the second measure, a syncopation happens; the longest and highest note is on beat two, normally a weak beat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And that led to the worst part of the nightmare, for Mr. Loomis, weak as he was, was trying to shout in anger and in dread, and it came out as a horrible, thin whimper. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Reek, my name is Reek, it rhymes with weak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was thin and pale and weak and older than her years. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And beyond the dead trunks, maybe sixty yards away, was the boat, sitting beached in the marshes under the weak sun. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m frequently in need of consolation, I often feel weak, and more often than not, I fail to meet expectations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Y-yes. Only my wife had pneumonia recently, and she is still weak from it.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Neville’s lips twitched in a weak smile as he unwrapped the frog. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the islands it was scarce unheard of for a strong, ambitious uncle to dispossess a weak nephew of his rights, and usually murder him in the bargain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She knew that they had reached a crisis of some sort, and it made her weak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to sit up again, but I'm weak and shaky. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I stare into his dark eyes, hating myself for how weak and stupid I feel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "We were too few to stop them. It is the right of the strong to take from the weak. They took many slaves as well, the khal's and yours, yet they left some few." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As I lay there in my white hotel bed feeling lonely and weak, I thought I was up in that sanatorium in the Adirondacks, and I felt like a heel of the worst sort. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She sipped her chocolatl, which was thin and weak; how like these wretched priests, she thought, to take their self-righteous abstinence out on their visitors, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He shoves weaker kids and spits on them if he gets the opportunity While getting a look at him before school, I’m careful not to be spotted by Sophie. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He was growing weaker every day, and it was only a matter of time until Mord's kicks and blows did him serious harm, provided the gaoler did not starve him to death first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s stupid, but I don’t want to look weak and exhausted in front of everyone. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z This is a girls’ camp for those who are considered too weak to work in the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The footing was sometimes tricky, and all were weak. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Ah, another lucky one,” a weak voice said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Some people come to this hospital hoping to be cured of their sickness, but many are dumped here because they are too weak to work and therefore of no use to Pol Pot. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In her mind, Kira prepared her defense, but even as she did, she felt that it would be weak and whining. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in perfect form from the outset, and there was no way I could make up for my weak showing at the start of the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Its corners are worn and weak, bending easily beneath my grip. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Without her strength, he felt as weak as a newborn colt, wobbling dangerously, ready to fall at every step. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now he realized that the first link in that chain, the Zebra Room, was a weak one, and he was thrown into doubt and confusion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Shirley pretended to share their merriment, but tears welled in her throat and she could only manage a weak smile. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The April sun, weak but determined, shone through a castle window and from there squeezed itself through a small hole in the wall and placed one golden finger on the little mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z If he backed down now, he would look weak. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Dropping the curtain and moving swiftly from the shadows into the candle’s weak light, I reached for the vial. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her left side was still weak, and she couldn’t move her arms well, but the doctors said she was lucky and would probably recover completely. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Elinor stood there for an eternity, weak at the knees, before she finally dared to open it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We talk about our talents; they tell me they both invent things, which makes my supposed interest in fashion seem pretty weak. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z These children made her own children look so thin and weak that she wished that they could be got rid of. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Ptolemy XII could be weak, harsh, and unpredictable. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was hard for Charles to concentrate on work with Annie being listless and weak, so unlike her usual energetic, engaged, cheerful self. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I need to bring myself out of this stupor, I can’t afford to be weak. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One example of the use of the weak anthropic principle is to “explain” why the big bang occurred about ten thousand million years ago—it takes about that long for intelligent beings to evolve. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Play me weak and I will definitely throw it down on you. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z My feet slip and slide on the tile as we walk down the hallway, as fast as my weak legs can muster. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He was so weak the floorboards seemed to roll beneath him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z John moved forward, hearing his feet crack against the sagging wood, to where the golden cross on the red field of the altar cloth glowed like smothered fire, and switched on one weak fight. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He was too weak to stand any longer. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The strong band together to hunt down the weak then, when the tension becomes too great, begin to turn on one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Still looks a little weak in the arm, but there's nothing wobbly about him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They were the weak wicks from fishermen’s cottages, who had risen early to catch a ride in the complicated creeks of the salt marsh. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z TB programs in developing nations are generally underfunded, resulting in weak delivery systems for treatment and prevention. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: She said that Grandfather didn’t like her very much — opposed the match—thought she was too Muggle-loving—too weak—but that you defied him for her. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I knew I was too weak and tired to take another walk that far without rest. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Werner thinks of Jutta with her opalescent hair and quick eyes and blunt manners: she would never be mistaken for the weakest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If your hand is in the air when you start singing, or the song’s entrance falls on the weaker beats, that’s an upbeat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I was weak, and I could barely talk. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “If my faith is weak, maybe it’s because of you. You’re one to talk about faith. Where was your faith when it came time to resist temptation?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Giants are real,” Claire murmured, her voice weak but full of wonder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They are dirty and weak, feral and hungry-looking, like I’ve wandered into the den of some wild, desperate pack with Max as their leader. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One worry for me is that, so far away, the dear voices will grow weaker weaker. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z His yelling bark sounded thin and weak, yet just to hear it made me want to holler and run and laugh. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry felt better since the chocolate, but still weak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Grandma had started speaking only in Spanish, her first language, as she became weaker, so I didn’t understand a lot of what she was saying. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He can, maybe, by his will choose what things shall be seen by weaker minds, or cause them to mistake the meaning of what they see. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He was hardly moving forward and his movements were weak. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He tried to free Piper, but he was still weak. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even now, Jon could not decide whether the maester had stayed because he was weak and craven, or because he was strong and true. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Little children with swollen stomachs trailed after them, too weak or scared to beg. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I won’t come back weak and beaten down and because I have nowhere else to go. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I dismounted from my brother’s back and stood with my fists on my hips, pretending defiance though my legs felt weak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Maybe,” I say, clicking through my camera, looking at some awful pictures of hookahs and plastic swords, thinking, What’s wrong with being weak? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was as if when he got weaker, I got stronger. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z After a night at 26,000 feet without supplemental oxygen, I was even weaker and more exhausted than I had been the previous evening after coming down from the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She looked frail and weak, tired, one of the few times in my life I’d ever seen her look that way. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I heard him say in a weak voice. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z He was weak and several pounds lighter, but so relieved to be rid of the fever and the pain that nothing else mattered. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Not weak and fearful, like when we were home. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I was still weak the next day, but getting around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, he said, you’re bound to have the cough when you live in Limerick because this is the capital city of the weak chest and the weak chest leads to the consumption. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “We was a weak and puny country eighty odd years ago when the great-granddaddy of us young ’uns got mixed up in a rebel’s fight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad I was on the ground, because I suddenly felt so weak, I didn’t think I’d have been able to hold on to the branches. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time we found out, she was already very weak. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Smears of trees and undergrowth lined a road that was completely dark, save for the small car’s weak yellow headlights. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She went to the auditorium with nothing more on her mind than the prospect of seeing Henry, and weak curiosity as to what Miss Muffett had to say. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z After another ludicrously brief interval it was joined by electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces–the stuff of physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He felt helplessly weak, the kind of weakness that came with illness, with grief. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This would keep Germany weak, politically and economically. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Frankie had been right: this world did not protect the kind or the weak. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Tiara looked up for a moment and gave a weak smile. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z By the second night, Shae’s fever was gone, but she was still too weak to travel. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Infants, young children, pregnant women, the elderly, the disabled, the weak, and the sick were sent to the left in a line that ended at the gas chambers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Of the four fundamental forces, gravity is considered the weakest, despite its theoretically endless range. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "He was weak enough, but perhaps not so innocent. He was spying on us." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On my dinners of Kraft macaroni & cheese; on my weak wrists and tubular ankles. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I—’’The voice was weak, but just for a moment it was Luke’s. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He wanted her to be weak, and needy. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to look weak in front of her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The holy blood itself is seen as purifying: purging the evil, the weak and the sinful. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The carbolic acid solution was too weak to kill bacteria, and the procedure only introduced more microbes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Zak always seemed like the weaker twin, but at least he tried to check the Snake. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He took books on perspective with him but was too weak to work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z All I know is that it affects her kidneys and makes her too weak to watch my younger brothers, or do anything for that matter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z His knees weak, he settled onto the sofa and his laughter resolved into misery. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Please ... Can’t you see how weak she is? Let her rest a little while.. ..” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Too weak to move around, he balanced a typewriter on his stomach and typed reports on what he’d learned in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When she spoke, her voice was so weak that he could not make out the words. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z But we are there when he conies down, when he is sweaty and weak and needs to be away from the crowd. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z You should always do what you can to help those weaker than you. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Hickock’s uneven eyes turned toward a window in the visiting room; his face, puffy, pallid as a funeral lily, gleamed in the weak winter sunshine filtering through the bar-shrouded glass. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of those were so close to dead there was no hope for them, another five too weak to walk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, no,” Aarfy insisted with a lame laugh and a weak smile. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I was so weak, just lifting my feet for the next step was almost more than I could do. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When she originally snuck into her foster parents’ room, looking for something to steal from Francis, who gave her the weakest welcome, she spotted Jenn Lori’s bedside dumbbells and gave lifting a shot. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I’m not offended, because my being the weakest scoring threat on the team is a fact. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Bernabe sat there for a while unable to move, staring at the ground, stone-cold scared, and so tight and weak he thought he would vomit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He switched on the weak reading lamp on my desk and pulled the chair over to my bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The weak moon was losing its light and the clouds thickened and curdled to the southward. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The paddle felt loose and weak, but he didn’t have to push against the current, after all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It's somewhat surprising that I'm a serious contender for the title of world heavyweight champion, not because I'm slow or weak but because I'm a relative newcomer to the sport. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z On Tuesday he sat with the two pale weak women. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Panting, I knelt on my hands and knees, too weak to rise. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z If you don’t cry the masters hate you because you’ve made them look weak before the class and they promise themselves the next time they have you up they’ll draw tears or blood or both. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He caught sight of me, and I gave him a weak, rather tremulous smile. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As Ben had said, sympathy is not for the weak of mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His plan fills my weak muscles with strength they don't have. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “He’s here,” she says quietly, looking up at Ashoke with a weak smile. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There were but a few weak, silvery stars. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Adah’s weak side was overtaken by convulsive trembling, and Rachel seemed to be in a trance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hang on for a little longer, getting weaker and weaker, but eventually his fingers would fail and he’d slip off. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The pain pulses throughout my body and makes me weak, makes me surrender. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I sank to the floor, weak with disbelief. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We had a comeback but during the whole first part of the game I was playing weak. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Ten times in the ensuing week, he cried, “Robbie stays,—and that’s final!” and each time it was weaker and accompanied by a louder and more agonized groan. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Often, students who quit the University were said to have “gone over the river,” the implication being that minds that were too weak for academia had to settle for tinkering with the arts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Pluto was just another deadbeat godly dad making weak excuses. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Misty said nothing from inside, either not hearing or too weak to respond. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z My lips turn upward in a weak smile, but what I really want to do is smack her one good time upside the head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But no one came, and her shrieking only frightened Aziza, who began to cry again, a weak, croaking sound. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z If he didn’t look so weak and sick, I would have jumped up and down for joy. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They boiled water and mixed it with the precious sugar and salt to feed the weakest people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As he bent down, his courage suddenly fled, leaving his knees as weak as reeds. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z That he was no good or at best just a weak man who was easily susceptible to whoever he was with? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Feeling weak, I take a seat doing my usual routine. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I was so hot and weak and played out that I was trembling all over. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z No, not as weak, because she is not going blind and losing air, but almost as weak, almost. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My hand was so weak I almost dropped the glass once I got my fingers around it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He leaned against it, trembling all over and too weak to walk another step. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Kate’s would rip the nerves to a sinful ecstasy and leave a man shaken and weak and frightened at himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It makes you feel weak, and you get sick easily, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dashes thrive in weak writing, because when thoughts are confused, it’s easier to stick in a lot of dashes than to organize a smoother sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She writes: “The wound was on the left side of the body, which might mean that the shooter was right-handed. It’s a weak argument.” Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart was beating, almost fluttering, his legs were weak, his palms close to spurting sweat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The dungeons had left him weak as an old woman and so thin a strong wind could knock him down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Laid low by the moldy seeds, McCandless discovered that he was suddenly far too weak to hike out and save himself. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you still pick on the weak and helpless, Donny? Are you proud of that, too?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I could feel the weak legs wrapped around my belly tense and tremble. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It is called Roots & Shoots because roots move gradually under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but to reach the light they can break open brick walls. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But she was too weak, much too weak— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z As the blizzard continued without letup for five days, they grew weaker and weaker. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She collapsed to the wooden slats, a ladder up the sky, her fingers so weak she could not grip the rungs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Begging for a truce will make us seem weak," declared Lady Mormont. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She grabbed my arm, but she was too weak to get up past her knees. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Fish!” they’d bleat, using the chess player’s derisive term for a really weak player, whenever Bobby made an obvious blunder. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “People don’t change. They just grow weaker,” said the Sleeper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You’re not weak. You just don’t use your head,” the gray-haired man said, accepting a freshly lighted cigarette from the girl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z My arms are so weak, I can barely pull on the starter rope, but the old outboard fires right up anyhow. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She picked the weak links out from the crowd, the ones who broke under her gaze. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Though dusk hadn’t yet unfurled into night, clusters of people gathered under eaves and in doorways, their faces lost to the gloom and weak gaslight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The next morning, prisoner 16013 was at roll call, weak and unsteady, but there. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I stumble again and with my one weak arm I cling to the huge twisted roots of an oak. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But they relied on sight alone—all their other senses being so weak—so if they did not see him when they returned, they might leave again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Somehow my voice is weak and loud all at once. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I hated not knowing if they were all right On the other hand, I really was weak. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This weak link is made even weaker by glancing back to a recent decade, the 1960s, when the economy went on a wild growth spurt—as did violent crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The Nolan men grew handsomer, weaker and more beguiling with each generation. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Both nights, I lay there, watching the eyes of the shifting wolves glow like live mesquite coals in the firelight, and listening to the weak moaning bawl of old Spot still traveling in a circle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He slowly rose off his stool and gave his town-crier bell a weak jingle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Mama told me she had seen her go up the hollow from the house, so weak she could hardly stand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In my room I open my sketchbook to the page with ‘guilty,’ ‘complicated,’ ‘hidden,’ and ‘weak.’ Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about going to the lake, but I’m so weak that I barely make it to my meeting place with Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Granovetter argues that it is because when it comes to finding out about new jobs — or, for that matter, new information, or new ideas — “weak ties” are always more important than strong ties. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam comes for me and with my weak legs it takes us a long time to walk to the bus at Union Cross. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But now, two days without access to sorrow, and she was already weak and worn. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Pond was growing weaker with each passing day, and he only had one more braid of sweetgrass to help with the radiation poisoning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The weaker ones fell backward and were sucked underfoot, unable to pull themselves up. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve always wanted the other. Liza says it’s the weak thing in me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “He hurt you because your strength made him feel weak. No other reason.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She always reminded me of a glass of iced tea so weak, you had to add a whole cup of sugar to make it taste like anything at all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When he made a weak move, which was rare, he’d sit bolt upright and inhale, emitting a sound like a snake’s hiss. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Granny sagged down weak against the pillows, exhausted, her fingers plucking the sheet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “That she, too, suffer? Do you observe her? She grows weaker each day, doing God’s will. I do not believe that God wants her to die!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But, curiously, Granovetter found that of those personal connections, the majority were “weak ties.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The plastic sheet before me was peeled back a foot or so and weak light filled the space beyond. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z And it is a mistake to believe that Arthur’s civilization was weak in this famous science of ours. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, his demands for her had become weaker, until she had become only a foggy memory. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He has mastered what sociologists call the “weak tie,” a friendly yet casual social connection. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But maybe that is Tobias—when he’s supposed to be weak, he’s strong. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Grandma woke two mornings later and called Deydey to her side to talk, for she was so weak from hunger she could only sit wrapped in her blanket by the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He was tall and weak like Billy, might have been a younger brother of his. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I try not to wince, my body still weak from last night. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Even if they were stronger, I cannot spare them now, not when I’m so weak.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Uncle Matthew thinks he is weak, but I suspect that underneath they are both made of the same New England rock. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Sick and weak, he had walked almost three hundred miles to come to this clinic, and was barely alive by the time he finally arrived. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Their footsteps as they walked away had a lonesome sound and he felt weak and tired. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z If Four isn’t trying to prove something by choosing the weak, what is he doing? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Soon as I think it, I become weak like a baby. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “I’m serious. Crying doesn’t make you weak, Bri, and even if it did, there’s nothing wrong with that. Admitting that you’re weak is one of the strongest things you can do.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z ‘You would have done better to come with us after all, poor old Fredegar!’ said Pippin, as they carried him out too weak to walk. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The mortar was crumbling, but it was not weak enough for her to break through with brute force. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “We’ll kill him the hard way—-just keep slashing until we find the weak spot. Once we defeat Percy Jackson, we’ll be more famous than Medusa! Our patron will reward us greatly!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The weak link—she liked the ring of it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the union hall the word ‘brother’ became a vague metaphor; with repetition a weak echo of the intimate sound. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In one thematic string we have terms like criminals, criminal warfare, crime, fun, profit, gangs, mafias, thugs, mercenaries, troublemakers, preys on the weak, executioners, violence, desertion, flight, whim, opportunity, and run. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The weak flame cut a circle of light in the shadows, but before they could take a single step the match went out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For billions of years they would have heard only weak and intermittent radio static caused by lightning and the trapped electrons and protons whistling within the Earth’s magnetic field. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it, so why do my knees feel weak, why is my stomach writhing, why? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Rats preyed on babies, old people, the weak, the defenseless. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You could look at him and size him up as the weak sister,” White observed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I used to be strong, but now I am weak. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Under the stress of intensive chemical spraying the weaker members of the insect populations are being weeded out. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You snap for the weak zones—nose, throat, groin, eyes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I hated to see her weak and crying and falling apart. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Sure he was a bit weak, but that was to be expected. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Consider: There is no division of humanity into strong and weak halves, protective/protected, dominant/submissive, owner/chattel, active/passive. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We screamed in the weak voice of a parrot for Totchy to come and wash those dishes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As they walked back toward Parliament Square Briony was light-headed and still weak in the knees from laughing so hard. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mama made a big to-do about how weak and hurt I was, but I didn’t mind. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Volta was the weakest of us,” Goddard said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Either he was too weak, or the world was too strong; he did not know which. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then Wang Lung paused and his breath whistled through his parted lips and the sweat poured down his body until he was drenched and he was weak as though with an illness. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He walked slowly—still a bit pained in his joints and weak from hunger—up along die side of the lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Katie had a flash of comtempt for the weak child she had borne a year ago, when she compared her to this new handsome son. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A weak container would simply cause a fireball without much concussive force. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the sudden silence, I collapsed on the steps, weak with fear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z My arms were weak and my shoulders sore, but they weren’t what hurt worst. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She would be too weak to marry for at least two years. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Just hearing this made my knees weak, since it’s no small matter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Kaz rolled them in a ball and threw them in the canal, then ran as fast as his weak legs would take him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He rolled fat cigars from maize husks and field tobacco, and his eyes were red from kachaso, a maize liquor so strong it left weaker men blind. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Alone, they said, a man was weak; united with others, he was strong. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was too sick and weak and tired, oh, so tired. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In fact, by the time I was fully conscious, I wasn’t weak at all. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I managed to find my voice, weak and trembling, but blissfully my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She had a sore throat and felt very weak. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to pack a bag,” I say with a weak voice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Ron gave a weak, hopeful smile and half raised his arms. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “They all went out except Chipo, who was too weak to stand, and one old woman. She got a handful of ashes to fill the baby’s mouth.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z With Mags hardly able to walk and Peeta too weak to fight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We went from patient to patient, checking their condition and feeding weak broth to those who had the strength to swallow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Other newspapers have resisted doing the same because they think it looks weak to admit to routinely making mistakes, but actually, it just makes the newspaper look honest. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He was weak and exhausted, yet as bad as he felt, he knew that Zero felt ten times worse. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Mom nods and wipes a tear from her cheek and tries to say thank you but the words are deep in her throat and come in a weak whisper. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She didn’t respond, even to baby Lai’s weak cries of hunger. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But even though she sobbed and stumbled, even though her legs were weak and her body was shaking, she didn’t stop. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The latter could be forgiven their ignorance, but a weak player—which, by definition, included almost anyone he could beat—had no excuse. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To keep East Germany weak economically, the Soviets stripped anything of value from their zone of occupation. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There was more to do and less time for relaxation—not that Ernest could ever keep still for long— and a weaker constitution to hold it all together. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "Now I have a piece of chocolate every day. To remember. He could've sent me home—called me too weak—but he didn't." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The bottle was empty, and he was too weak to get more. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He searched thin walls, weak sutures of spindle bones above the ear for thresholds. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Fatty, my basketball coach, told me that my first step to the basket was good but that my second was weak. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Earlier, Cole had felt hollow and weak, as if all the blood had emptied from his body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She gets weaker and weaker, and unless she can believe us and start to feel something for her children, I fear we will lose her. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z How the cry of joy went up at the first weak wail—“no louder than a kitten’s mew.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar, in turn, took this weak licking as a sign that he could weather the blows to come. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Though in Werner’s weaker moments, he resents those same qualities in his sister. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He wasn’t really heavy—none of us were anymore—but I was already so weak and tired from the march and from eating my bread sparingly that I barely had the strength to carry myself. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z And I, seated with the few other visitors, add my weak voice to theirs, humming when I can’t guess the words and wishing my hands were held too. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She celebrated her sixty-fifth birthday last year and rarely makes it up because of her bum knee and her weak heart. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She liked the hospital and the routines, but in August 1969, she was sent back home to recover after a bad bout of pancreatitis left her weak and exhausted. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Blowing a whistle continuously is exhausting for the weakened castaway, but you must not falter. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Jack knew they were both too weak to walk very far. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Roosevelt, who was still weak and tired, was propped up against a tree. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “The wights are convinced we peculiar children are docile and weak. Us coming after them is the last thing they’d expect.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He had a very weak foothold among the Butt Room crowd, and I had pretty well pushed him off it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too weak to stand up and too sick to care about the water Piper brought him. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been too weak to undertake this journey until now,” explained the old man. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt very weak now, very tired in a dull, spent way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He's so weak that the best he can do is not to resist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I hated the way my voice sounded, tremulous and weak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even though I was sitting, I felt my knees go a little weak. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He was lonely and wanted to get married, which made him weak, says Mikey, and got him killed in the end. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I went to her, though I was pale and weak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She was really too weak to go out, but still her office had called to insist that she come. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary’s powers were by no means fitted for such a display; her voice was weak, and her manner affected. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z One man lamented, “We punish our children until they become cowards and liars, and then we deplore their heartless ingratitude when we in turn become weak and helpless.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Also how much it took out of you—he felt so weak he stumbled over to a cushion and collapsed upon it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Her shaking voice felt thin and weak in the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I felt weak and sat down on the log. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As he did so, his hood fell back, and Harry saw the look of revulsion on Worm- tail’s weak, pale face in the firelight as he carried the creature to the rim of the cauldron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was still very sick and weak, but the sleep and the onions seemed to be doing him some good. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z And me saying, I'm all right, just weak, and trying to stand, and her saying, Why don't y'all stand back and let the man breathe? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason would be too weak to control it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was no glory in beating me, a weak human. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Elinor felt weak at the knees as he turned his colorless eyes on her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But they continue to pick on Chou because she looks weak and shows her fear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He managed to raise his weak right hand to hold the wrist of my hand that was on his side. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Even as he spoke, Wart noticed that the hound music was weaker and more querulous. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “All strength is born of association,” wrote Beaumont, “and 30 individuals united through perpetual communication, by ideas, by plans in common, by concerted schemes, have more real power than 900 whose isolation makes them weak.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It makes sense. I suppose that means it’s important to love as much as possible. You know—so the hate that can’t get rendered into something else is smaller and weaker that way.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t,” I said, my voice sounding so weak, so defeated. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z None of them had the strength to do more than stare at me in the weak lantern light. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her that the Catholic church hates women because it wants us to be weak and ignorant. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Well, sit down. No, not that chair. One of the legs is weak and you’re no lightweight.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Steady blowing soon coaxed a weak flame to life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z If the Resistance is going to help me, I can’t have the fighters thinking I’m weak. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In an instant he knew that Lazlo had seen him at his weakest, and the simmer of emotions were joined by one more. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mark couldn’t believe how quickly she’d gone from totally fine to literally on the ground, too weak to stand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But I was four or five feet up in the air, trapped and weak. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I got to my feet, my chest tight, my legs weak. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Oblivion opens before me like a dark chasm, and I am too weak to step back from its edge. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to sound weak in front of Rose, like some sweaty little kid who can’t take care of his family. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The floor began to tremble beneath my feet, and I felt my knees go weak as a fresh horde of fetterlings charged through the destroyed main entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Finn scratched for the flashlight Sean kept by the door, but the light was weak and yellow, casting the barn in sepia. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “But I don’t want to let Will down! I don’t want him to think I’m weak and holding him back.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Black men, white men, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Jews, Poles, whatever—all were inadequate and weak, all came under their jaundiced eyes and were the recipients of their disinterested wrath. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered why El Patron was so frightening, since the man was said to be old and weak. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z McCandless was a weak swimmer and had confessed to several people that he was in fact afraid of the water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Whispered from far, weak and warm and familiar. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But he looks more defeated than weak, more helpless than scared, liked a caged puppy. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They use the plagues to cull the population of weak genes, the same way the Trials pick out the strongest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z All women, by their nature, are fragile and weak: they are attracted to the male in whom they see strength. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I order the jongleur a mug of the weak ale, the innkeeper brings it, and the boy goes on. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The sickness didn’t last long, but kept him doubled over for an hour or so and left him weak enough to want to sleep again— and that ended another day. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Too weak to move, she lay huddled in a ball, bemoaning the fact that she was still alive. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If the boys created a weak link in the Under Thirteens defense, the rest of the team would simply have to work harder on the field to support them. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She felt horribly weak and nauseous, but her next breath came more easily. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He shut his eyes and suddenly saw himself minus everything below the ankle on his weaker side. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But as I climbed into the passenger seat, he only gave me the weakest smile before he dissolved into a sort of humiliated depression. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even if they built the strongest rope ladder in history, Frankie wasn’t sure how she’d be able to use it when she was weak and had only one usable arm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She was too weak to walk the unknowable miles to the next station, in the dark, let alone face whatever waited at the following stop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Your arms go weak in their sockets, your heart comes up empty. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt weak down to my toes and warm all over. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z His response was a lecture attacking Aristotle’s account of falling bodies, the weakest point in his physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Rage made him weak, so that he stumbled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Please,” he squeaked, his voice thin and weak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the weak ones, or the ones who couldn’t swim, went under. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Bells so his enemies would hear him coming and grow weak with fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But she is too weak to carry my load. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Yet though our faculty of reason be weak, it seldom descends into madness.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You could watch with your insight and turn me back again if it got too bad. Please turn me into something, or I shall go weak in the head.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The wound was deep, however, and he bled copiously; his breath was weak, his eye empty. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She was so weak she could barely get to the door to open it for her daughter, who took Leila to the emergency room at Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “He wants you to come visit,” Charlotte said, “but, Mitch . Yes? “He’s very weak.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner was starting to sweat and feeling sort of weak. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “The enchantment will be weaker, this time, for you will be farther from the Wood,” he said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This didn’t seem so soppy; it just looked like carer stuff, because by now there was something uncertain about her walk, and I wondered if I’d badly underestimated how weak she still was. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The cold went out of her eyes and a weak sadness took its place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Do you think Ethan suspects about your weak spot?” she asked. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "Shagga mislikes your muddy Water here, so he must drink your weak ale and sour wine, and after his head hurts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lord Hoster was too weak to attend, asleep on his balcony, dreaming of the sun on the rivers of his youth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I must have slept soundly, for I was not waked by Jonathan coming to bed; but the sleep has not refreshed me, for to-day I feel terribly weak and spiritless. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Many of his own lords thought him weak and would have welcomed open war with the Lannisters and the boy king on the Iron Throne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The neighbors are too weak to bury all the corpses. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook my head and tried to say no, but it just came out as a weak moan. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But during that terrible first week of his life I was racked with the miseries of a weak, sore body and a lost soul. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And because he knew he was weak, he grew more and more stern and painstaking and much less likely to accept an excuse or a borderline disability. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A weak, watery moon filtered through the clouds and revealed a young man sitting on the topmost of thirteen stone steps that led into the water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I “Had you had any relations with her while in the back seat that would have tended to make her, let us say, stunned, too weak to have gotten out alone?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Etty kept getting sick; she was, at seventeen, an invalid, very weak and at times close to death. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was too weak and hungry to ask why they were standing still. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to roll over, but he was weak and breathless from Dana’s brutish hug. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I know their abdominal muscles were too weak to hold their livers and intestines in place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The weak points of every iron monster, schematics of every palace in every region of Alke—you name it, she can lay it out for you, no trouble at all.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Despite Roosevelt’s improvement, Kermit knew that even though his father was no longer delirious, he was still weak and vulnerable to a relapse. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Kira’s voice was weak, and muffled by the cloth covering her mouth. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Mr. Gitney has requested ... I should ...” I said to them, and bowed, too weak to complete the excuse; and so 1 continued my retreat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She thought they were weak and cowardly—that they’d taken the easy way out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z To Cartesians, Newton’s theory of gravity made no sense; but in England, where Cartesianism had never been adopted without reservations, and where arguments from design were widely accepted, resistance to the theory was much weaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The weak, unsteady light placed shadows under her mouth and in the sockets of her eyes, making the face impersonal with majesty, like the face of a prophetess, or like a mask. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We didn’t say a whole lot, just some weak stuff about how the game was going to be good and all. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They sat on wooden planks and the weak morning sun streamed into the roofless class as she unfurled Odenigbo’s cloth flag and told them what the symbols meant. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was worthless to resist, because he was weak. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Protection of the sick, weak, and inferior is not sensible. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I stood in the locked stall, staring up at the weak, flickering bathroom light, thinking about how I’d seen Rashad on the concrete a week before and I hadn’t even known who he was. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Such speeches could provoke the enemy to crush the organization entirely while the enemy was strong and we were as yet still weak. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard a weak sort of moan beside him and looked around to see Mrs. Weasley gazing, dumbfounded, at the poster. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I kept him on the list as a weak maybe. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Blanca, weaker than her mother although she was taller, younger, and heavier, sighed when she was awake and sobbed while she slept, in an uninterrupted lament that had begun the day of the beating. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She got so skinny and weak that her family had to carry her outside on sunny days for fresh air. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The breadth of his activity and experience is narrowed by the limitations of his relatively weak, sluggish body. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an old man at this point, his attention seeming to drift, his hearing a little weak. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As I walked toward the front of the room and faced those white students, all staring at me, my knees felt weak and the back of my neck was tight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His body went weak, and the knife slipped from his hand. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She looks at me and nods and gives me one of those weak smiles, which I don’t return. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to stand her on her feet and found her weak as jelly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When her third kit grew too weak to stand, our mother defied him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Speaking in similarly grave tones, the Secretary of the Army pointed to another Red menace, China, calling it “a crouched tiger ready to spring on any prey that is weak and wounded.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He turned, favoring me with a smile that made me weak in the knees. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I was also suffering from a bad cough that I could not seem to shake, and I often felt too weak to exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My legs feel weak, and the room spins. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “It would be shameful to fight you. You are as weak as an oyster out of its shell. I cannot fight you.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Or are you just picking the weak ones so that if you lose, you’ll have someone to blame it on?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The Van Goghs have been getting weaker from generation to generation, Vincent says. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She tried not to look at him as she paced the rooms, but the parrot saw her and squawked a weak “Love you” through the pane. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man had a weak voice, and I could barely hear him over the prayers of the worshipers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Whatever Four’s strategy is, it’s based on the idea that I am weaker than the other initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I realised for the first time since I had come into the room that my legs were trembling, weak as straw. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If this happens I know I will die because the weak do not survive in Kampuchea. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The music can suddenly emphasize the weaker beats of the measure, or it can even emphasize notes that are not on the beat at all. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Without proper sanitation, disease swept through Durham’s slums like an armed invader, carrying off the young, the old, and the weak. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That would have made us appear weak and unprepared, and might even get us pulled from the rotation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Although the drugs have erased the infection, he's still pretty weak. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But she thought of Poppy alone in the blackness, and her legs went weak. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her protest sounded weak, even to my ears. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In his weaker moments, he imagines walking in some future hour between arcades of pillars in the great Fuhrermuseum at Linz, his heels clacking smartly on the marble, twilight cascading through high windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And I’m not talking about a weak drizzle of Hershey’s sauce on a waffle. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I snivel and sniff and give a weak nod. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He still cannot walk; his legs are weak and buckle under him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Perhaps Mr. Hoffman would have gladly consented for me to take the examination, but my hopes had been far weaker than my powerful fears. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were weak like the Mellower, and quite a lot were simply greedy like Mr. Thirsty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z On most landers, the weak point is the battery. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shoot, that was weak,” he hooted, jogging a circle around me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I’m at this low-key coffee shop with Hudson since our exam is on Tuesday and I really need a solid study session to handle my weak spots. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He nodded and I leaned close to listen to him as his voice had become weak. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Odenigbo has never known how to be weak. Be patient with him.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Bubbles were clinging to the walls of the glass, too weak to climb out. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It did not hurt, it just made me feel weak. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m weak, powerless Bri who had no choice but to lie there on the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Oliver’s voice was weak, but unmistakable, and to hear him after all those years filled me with great joy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe in your theory of the weak and the strong,” Jaime replied. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Hungry, weak, in pain, he starts to crash into melancholy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Why she herself was still too weak to run and crept back to her sleeping blanket whenever she could. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He was the weaker of the two and he was afraid of pain; As he went down, he had drawn his dirk upon his brother. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought of Kate and his weak joke seemed horrible to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Choose it or don’t choose it. Don’t sit on a fence. Admit it—that’s weak.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I was weak and exhausted and had no way to track you. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It is just as that dear, good Professor Van Helsing said: he is true grit, and he improves under strain that would kill a weaker nature. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Leon would pick Bailey: one of the weak kids, high honor student, but shy, introverted, always reading, his eyes red- rimmed behind the glasses. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she’s trying not to look weak in front of me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "The red lands are not kind to the weak." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dallas is always on the lookout for other people’s weak spots so that he knows exactly where to poke them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ill health plagued Chopin throughout his life, and in his final three years he became so weak he needed round-the-clock care; TB finally killed him in 1849. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z So they could see, couldn’t they, the power of sin in the company of a weak mind? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It passed over us in the night, dumping a foot of rain and blowing down the weak trees. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Her dad—he was weak for leaving, and for forcing Maya and Lauren to pick up the pieces behind him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He was physically weak—it was all he had in him to make it to the bathroom and back. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And more than that—being teased made me feel somehow weak, useless. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A turtle had come up to the lifeboat the day before, but I had been too weak to pull it aboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I meant to shout but it came out as a weak croak, “Don’t touch me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had rheumatic fever, chicken pox, pneumonia three or four more times, started coughing blood when he was six, was anemic, drowsy all the time, constantly sniffling, weak and miserable, and—everybody thought— dying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw this as a defensive maneuver, for if African states decided to support the PAC, a small and weak organization could suddenly become a large and potent one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I go weak in the knees with dread and admiration, watching him sharpen his hopes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ayanna slapped me upside the head, though at least this time she was weak. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There was an old man in the front yard, very old and thin and weak; he hobbled forward, glaring with feeble, toothless rage. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been myself. But he was too weak to get out of bed, and still is.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He is so pale and seems so weak—it is the worst I have seen him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This apology, however fake, makes me feel not stronger but weaker. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Each of us felt the same shame, felt how foolish and weak we were in the face of the domination of the whites. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sammy’s reaction that way to my hitting his woman—close as he and I were—was the only weak spot I’d ever glimpsed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I have strange feelings and sometimes when I’m sitting by the fire with Mam and my brothers I feel tears coming and I’m ashamed of myself for being weak. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The other had hungry eyes close-set above a pointed nose, a thin brown beard that did not quite conceal the weak chin beneath it, a bald head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are several other weak spots in the fence, but this one is so close to home I almost always enter the woods here. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z My hands are too weak to grasp it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Not long after our visit to Mechtild, I discovered a book that Elnora had laid aside, for her weak eyes no longer allowed her to read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They were too weak to be a threat, too many to be easy prey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I am weak from blood loss and too small. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Most of us reckon he’s still out there somewhere but lost his powers. Too weak to carry on. ’Cause somethin’ about you finished him, Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But humans enjoyed all of these advantages for a full 2 million years during which they remained weak and marginal creatures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Evidently she is persuaded that I am not a weak and sinful girl, but an honest widow and mother to a prince. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was weak and could barely talk and kept asking me if I was taking care of myself. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I give him a weak smile and ignore the invitation for a hug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z This simple gesture leaves me weak and dizzy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Those whom the Nazis judged healthy and capable of work were sent to the right; those they judged to be infirm or weak were sent to the left. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She woke up feeling much weaker and out of sorts than the first time she had died. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They did not bother to tie them, for they were too weak to even stand. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook my head and tried to think, sucking the weak air in through my chapped lips. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Too young, too weak, too mean,” I put in. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After a second, he let her take his hand, but her grip was so weak, so weak. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And, hell, I knew how weak I was too, and I don’t mind admitting it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But we are so weak that we cannot work up any more excitement about it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his hand on her hair, and something like a weak grin passed over his face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Still ravenously hungry, and growing weak from lack of food, she left the pine and circled above an alfalfa field. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z This phrasing of the question seemed to set off a series of weak and distant lights where the other had thrown a spark that failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not favor leeches, Sister, for bleeding drains vital spirits along with bad humors, making the patient weaker,” I explain in a soothing voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Billy lifted the weak head and made a quick slash with the knife. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And Reggie lost the next game through a mix of unforced errors and weak backhands. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He tried to curl his body up and away, but he was too weak after the hours spent struggling against the snare. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It is best to rely on the freely given support of the people; otherwise, that support is weak and fleeting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was still weak and started back into the tent to lie down on his sleeping bag. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I let out a shaky breath, and my knees feel weak also. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “I am quite sure, Monsieur. These are all tall, big men. The one I saw was small and dark. He had a little moustache. His voice when he said ‘Pardon* was weak like a woman’s. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z This does not matter too much, because gravity is such a weak force that its effects can usually be neglected when we are dealing with elementary particles or atoms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He's friendly, tries to set the nervous ones at ease, laughs at lame jokes, and can turn a weak response into a memorable one by the way he reacts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But the hand she laid in Amah’s was weak and almost transparent. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She knew this was foolish—after all, she hadn’t explored the island—but she was so weak she couldn’t help herself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some could barely walk; some were so weak that they had to lie down on the benches with their coats tucked under their heads for pillows. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “It sounds like he needs it, though, if he’s too weak to come to meals,” Clancy pointed out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They would bring the siege tower from out of the cover of Mossflower Wood and wheel it to a part of the wall where the defense appeared weakest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And me shaking worse than ever, too weak to yell again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Without equality, he argued, eugenics would degenerate into yet another mechanism by which the powerful could control the weak. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I began once more to know myself; and when Mr. St. John demanded an account—which at present I was far too weak to render—I said after a brief pause— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "A good lord comforts and protects the weak and helpless," he told the Freys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He certainly had forgiven us for anything we did over at the house or else he wouldn’t have come—so I figured he was just weak from his heart attack and the hospital. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z After a few generations, instead of a mixed population of strong and weak insects, there results a population consisting entirely of tough, resistant strains. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When I look back at it now, I believe I must have caught him so physically weak that his defenses were vulnerable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it makes no sense and I get so mad at myself for being so weak! The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "Even a weak bow is better than no bow at all." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The look he leveled at me over his glasses would have turned a weaker soul to stone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He looked weak, caved in, dead already, dead and done, and when David saw him he was overwhelmed with the change. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When I touched the edge of the landing, I laboriously sat up and levered myself down the stairs one at a time, too weak to walk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The strange thing about this cafe, I realize, is that there doesn't seem to be any food or any actual coffee—just weak, bitter tea ladled from a big stockpot. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I tried to be positive, but my voice was weak. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z One can answer this on the basis of the weak anthropic principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In a society where people believe girls are weak and not capable of anything except cooking and cleaning, you think, I have a talent. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He knew that the brown germ stayed dormant as, being the lighter of the two germs, it was the weaker. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, I was a reservation Indian, and no matter how geeky and weak I appeared to be, I was still a potential killer. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It was turning red, and her fingers felt weak. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And what goes on on its blocks and lots and side streets is anything the strong can think of and the weak will admire. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Reek, my name is Reek it rhymes with weak Reek bent to his task. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Jesus, come to me,” she says, her voice weak and plaintive. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As it is, we sometimes awake in the morning to find one of our men—the oldest, weakest, and sickest among us—frozen in his bed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I had spent the first week of my life at the threshold between two worlds, too sick to suckle, too weak to wail. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And then there was one of those long quiet spells that always made the boy feel numb and weak. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was too weak to talk, slipping in and out of consciousness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And she was the queen, able to move in all directions, relentless in her pursuit, always able to find my weakest spots. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We all huddled around the potbellied stove, wrapped in blankets, holding out our hands toward the weak, smoky heat. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They were supposed to leave a blank piece of paper under a rock outside our weak place in the fence, showing they were ready to come. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My crude exploitation of Richard Parker’s weak sea legs is not the only explanation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z How could such a weak fool have risen to the highest post in the French church? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She was so weak that she couldn’t lift her head an inch from the pillow, yet it was she who comforted him and told him not to worry, that she would take care of him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was suffused with a weak, academic light—different from Plano, different from anything I had ever known—a light that made me think of long hours in dusty libraries, and old books, and silence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My left leg is weak, my arms are weak, and my broken leg, which they say isn’t broken anymore, feels heavy, heavy, heavy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z My body goes weak, and I lean into the broom handle for support. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z "So the weak must sacrifice for the strong? Is that it, Brother?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to act through humans, as spirits always do, so both of us will have to look for a weak spot in the Gondwannan defenses. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Part of me wants to let go of the keg and swim around looking for the skiff before I’m too weak to move my arms. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z For an hour we were their choir, our weak, raspy voices serenading them as they laughed and talked and ate—and the food they ate! Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z No wonder Captain Smith is unafraid of these pale, weak gentlemen and their threats. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Severe cataracts had left Stanton virtually blind, and heart failure made her weak and breathless. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He cursed himself for not noticing the current sooner, and not paddling out while it had still been weak enough to let him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The old woman, however, became weaker and weaker, although she was still able to tell her daughter how happy she was that she would soon be joining her new husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “You sound like a Mitnaged,” I told him, managing another weak smile. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She might have been invincible against those wolves, but now she was weak as a newborn, shuddering her way into a strange new world. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But the captain gently drew it from her fingers and as he took it down the hall, she felt its pull on her growing weaker and weaker, until she could barely feel it at all. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They kept the papacy weak and unstable, standing with their weapons in hand right under the eyes of the Pope. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I had survived the fever but still felt weak. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And now I felt numb, strangely weak, as if someone had unplugged me and the current running through me had stopped. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned on Rowan, barely able to hold up his head, his voice getting weaker. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But it was a puzzle about feelings, and Jessie knew that feelings were her weakest subject. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Sometimes,” he said, “I find it hard to follow my master’s instructions — he is a great wizard and I am weak—” “You mean he was there in the classroom with you?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He becomes dizzy and utterly weak, and his spine goes limp and nerveless and he loses all sense of balance. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I write words in the white space beside the sketch, but after ‘pond’ and ‘icy’ the only ones that’ll come are: ‘guilty,’ ‘complicated,’ ‘hidden,’ and ‘weak.’ Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The children watched in growing despair as the brave child grew weaker and weaker, her voice softer and softer, until at last her cries of defiance were scarcely more than mumbles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I stood up and found that my weak legs supported me well enough. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Now, don’t compliment the slaves on doing their jobs, my dear. Your kindness only makes them weak and careless.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Using both hands, she made a weak underhanded lob toward her father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was still weak, but at least now she was able to walk outside in the sunshine and fresh air. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Percy felt like an arrow had slipped through a chink in his armor—as if he still had the blessing of Achilles, and someone had found his weak spot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even then, his heart remained weak, and he had to retire early from his top-secret job at the NSA. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If he admitted how weak he was, that his whole life depended on a half-burned stick... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’m not weak, you know. I can do this on my own.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I felt dazed and weak but had no desire for food. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It wasn't just that he was weak and gaunt; he was changed in a more fundamental way. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z "The way they terrorize the weak! Surely there's something we can do!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He’s suffered a great trauma, which has left him weak both mentally and physically. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I beat my family and my brothers and sisters and earned my father’s love. You win by being strong. Not sentimental and weak.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Naomi picked up the tin of powdered formula the doctor had brought a few days before when he had said that her mother’s body was too weak to produce milk for the babies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Nervousness made me weak in the knees, and his touch didn’t help. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When one comes to think of it there may have been a weak link in Lancelot’s mind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The team was also weak at goalie—desperately so—but that was something Luma had chosen. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He let his arms down, and Håkon remained, his struggles growing weaker. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A young man, about the king’s age, with a thin, pale face, a nose like an eagle’s beak, lank, dark hair, and a weak chin. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Before him lay a weak, emaciated man who, nonetheless, cheerfully greeted him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her uncanny ability to find my weakest spots. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The baby had been weaned far too early and was unhappy with a diet of watery porridge and weak, sweetened beer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After Astelle and Fang and a couple of deadly lists and a road foil of frogs, the answer to her question seemed stupid and weak even to me, but I said it anyway. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Even as weak as he was, he could take the torch, take the keys, take the dagger sheathed on Little Walder’s hip, escape. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The baboons took the empty lion skin back to the real lion, who was still just a weak pink thing without his claws and mane. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The woman gave a weak smile and nodded when Gilly came in. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Once he thinks I’m weak he’ll be on me twice as thick as the day before. I know his type.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was distracted and distraught, depressed and weak. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then images appeared in my mind, weak and distorted, as if the transmission were being disrupted at the source. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The dream had left him weak as a kitten. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I bellowed to the sky, the forest, the cliffs, until I was so weak from loss of blood I could barely wave my arms. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z His comically arched brows and broad gestures made me smile, and the injured look he then assumed caused me to laugh until I was weak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was not difficult to do, as Leopard’s children were weak and sickly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He did try, but his hand was so weak he spilled it, so in the end I did feed it to him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He wasn’t at all sure whether he’d really been sick or whether his conscience had revolted, infecting his body, leaving him weak and nauseous. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These patterns emphasize the differences between the stronger and weaker beats to help the performers keep track of where they are in the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Beside the new prisoners, the older prisoners like me looked pathetically weak and incapable of any kind of real labor. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Without saying a word, the colonel pushed the chaplain’s chest hard and knocked him back down into the chair, and the chaplain was suddenly weak and very much afraid again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Basically everybody Mr. Sager—weak maybe, same as Sabbatini, mopping up after rich kids for too many years, pension for custodial services too good to lose. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I moved behind her and pulled the hair growing out of her weak neck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like someone hit me with the palm of his hand, but when I looked at my shoulder I saw blood welling out and felt my knees getting weaker. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The resort of a weak writer, like one and the same and any and all. easier said than done. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was too weak to drive, so he sat there behind the wheel of the car, staring at the garage wall, and he began to talk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His weak arm is more hooked than ever. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Miss Avocet had seemed so indomitable then, but now she looked frail and weak. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Them sign!” sighed Mr. Iii, weak with hilarity. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z This is my son and he will not grow up weak. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Then Estraven laughed, for he was still weak, and said, “Did you warm me back to life in order to kill me, Stokven?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was brutally physical, and ugly—although in some small way there was a sense of excitement to the incident in the subway, a sense of being, if not powerful, then less weak. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “You’re weak and have no powers of your own, so you rely on guns and things. Now lay them on the floor! ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They are both weak and the work is going slowly. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z My freshman English teacher told me that my writing was weak. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “I don't suppose you'd get any fun from terrifying people until their knees were so weak they could hardly stand?” he asked. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then he sank to his knees, for his legs had suddenly become too weak to support him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But Iorek hadn’t finished yet, and Will was still weak and dizzy from the blow, and didn’t quite trust his feet, so they stayed where they were. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘Lost my place,’ he said and I waited there, still weak with pneumonia and wet with fear until he started reading again. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then, on the way out to the other world, one dies of thirst and exhaustion, but the other crawls on, discarding most of the treasure he has grown too weak to carry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to ask but her voice was too weak—mumbly and scared—and no one heard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My legs are weak and I’m dizzy, but I can fight that. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Drought years shrank the hide tighter to the bones; ewes dropped weak lambs and cows had no calves in the spring. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I have not read them, I am too weak, I suffered Fits of Shaking & he & the Smith Father delivered me back to my Chamber & there administered sal volatile. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z One time he said he thought buzzards was circling over his head waiting for him to get weak enough to fall. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “She’s still breathing, but it’s getting shallower and her pulse is weaker than it was before. I don’t know what to do.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Though still weak from his bout with hepatitis, he spent some time in the capital trying to share what he’d learned in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His hands were shaking, his knees had become weak, and his ears were burning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not like your weak mother, who was false to your father, as you yourself have charged,” I hissed in a low voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Henry looked weak and small by comparison; he could barely lift his sword with his injured arm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I struggle to rip open the paper, but my body is weak. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The radio crackled and popped as a weak signal struggled to get through. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In this case the only difference between the regions would be their initial configurations and so the strong anthropic principle would reduce to the weak one. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Knights are sworn to defend the weak, protect women, and fight for the right, but none of them did a thing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But radio was actually the spies’ weak spot, because it allowed Elizebeth to find out what they were up to. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As we discussed earlier, one would expect that at such high temperatures the strong and weak nuclear forces and the electromagnetic force would all be unified into a single force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And now I was raining apples at him and laughing myself weak. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m just saying. They aren’t scrawny and weak like me.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He had felt his father growing weaker and, believing that the end w'as near, had thought by this separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a recklessness in her, she can be pushed just so far, she has a weak sense of honor, she’s reliable only as an informer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But the family also knew another side of Luma—that of a sensitive young woman with a deep concern for the weak or defenseless. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “The knot will either be the strongest or the weakest part of the rope. It depends entirely on how well one makes the binding.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He says he cannot accept what Van Rappard has said—that Vincent's work is extremely weak, that the faults outnumber his strengths. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She rings a second time, and I make my voice sound kind of weak, and I call out, "Hello? Who's there?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I hated these emotional outbursts, these tempests of passion, for they always left me tense and weak. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This oft misunderstood and misinterpreted concept so readily dismissed by the Nietzsches of the world as a weak and cowardly force has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Aru braced herself, waiting to hear the usual lines that they couldn’t possibly be heroes, or that they were too weak, too young, or too...girly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was now too weak even to hunt effectively and thus grew weaker still, sliding closer and closer toward starvation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I took in his words, too weak to react. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He cried because he was hungry and cold and terribly weak. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z That the Party was the eternal guardian of the weak, a dedicated sect doing evil that good might come, sacrificing its own happiness to that of others. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was in a wheelchair—because he was so weak, I found out later, not because he couldn’t actually walk—and I’m not sure he recognised me when I went up and said hello. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Mustering all his strength, he raised his head, and with a weak and pinched voice he called into the darkened branches, “Are you okay?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And if you don’t have a weak spot, he’ll invent one and poke you anyway. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He writes to Theo that she’s “far from being as one would like to see her, sometimes she still looks so pale and tense, and is always so weak.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hermione gave her a weak smile that she did not return. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z If we enable the weak and the deformed to live and to propagate their kind, we face the prospect of a genetic twilight. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “You know about the ugliness in people. You showed me the pictures. You use all the sad, weak parts of a man, and God knows he has them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Char grabs hold of my shoulder blade and squeezes till my knees get weak. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z My heart is thumping, and my hands feel weak. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For when I am weak, then I am strong. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t let the two mean dogs rough up a weak old stray who looked like he might not even have any teeth. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He grew weaker and often failed to complete his work assignments, which led to more beatings, less food, more bleeding. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Maybe because she is weak and does not fight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After all I’d been through over the last few days, I felt so stupid and weak, but the sight of my parents made me want to break down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But the conducting patterns depend only on the pattern of strong and weak beats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Behind him, the cuffs and blue helmet freed Sticky, who rose, wobbling, in a state of weak confusion. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “You think he’s too weak to bear things you can bear?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “But weak, please. I wouldn’t want to disgrace you.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did you say?” says the cab driver, or “Speak up,” so I have to perform again, only weaker the second time. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice still sounds like Grandpa but slower and weaker, with a slight slur. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Once more, it will be stronger and greater than Olympus. Look, Thalia. We are not weak.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He was not hungry—still felt too nervous for hunger—but knew he should eat before they started or he would be too weak. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I had been on the run for days and my mind felt as weak as my legs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But, of course, all that came out was a weak cough. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Too weak to answer, Cole let his eyes close again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He decided he would walk as long as he could, until he was too weak to go any farther, then he'd turn around and go back. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Occasionally one would fall off a train, weak with hunger. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z This means that the very weak gravitational forces between the individual particles in two large bodies, such as the earth and the sun, can all add up to produce a significant force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I need to sit down,” she said with a weak smile. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dad talked to me, his voice was weak, but otherwise he sounded the same—confident and needing nothing, certainly nothing within my power to give him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had a small head, a thin body, weak arms, and short legs, but his limbs grew larger and larger as he advanced. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I was just coming to bed,” he says in a weak voice. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I shivered so hard and was so weak with a fever that I couldn’t move. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The first part is irrefutable, but even to me, the second part sounds weak. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It was during these terrible days that Benjamin Rush once again began to feel weak and feverish. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He grabbed her arm, and for a moment she was afraid of him, afraid of his hard hands pressing the fabric of her shirt, thin and weak as he was. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He’d been weak, and he would carry that shame for the rest of his life. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As weak as Old Yeller was, he’d never break that throat hold. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Star City physicians reported that she demonstrated a weak mental and physical performance. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z A scrubby beard covered his face to the cheekbones, giving him an air of ruffianism that went oddly with his large weak frame and nervous movements. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z More than that, he’s happy with the weak tie. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “When Anansi gave us the Box, you hadn’t even punched the sky open yet. The iron monsters were still scattered and weak.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “But I am done with being weak. I am done with being good. I think I am going to be something else.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I feel like myself, strong and weak at once- allowed, at least for a little while, to be both. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His weak spot—his Achilles heel—had saved us all. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was kind of a weak pun—not nearly as good as many of the cards that came later. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z No news from Jonathan, and Lucy seems to be growing weaker, whilst her mother’s hours are numbering to a close. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I couldn’t let him think I was weak and scared. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave him a weak smile, then glanced at their camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Nick growled, his voice sounding choked and weak. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z My head was spinning: you are too skinny . . . you are too weak . . . you are too skinny, you are good for the ovens . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice hoarse and weak, my mother called out to the man. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z At the end of it, her heart was pounding and she was weak—but the wine was overcome and her mind was clear. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His words are weak as water, no more than a whisper with so much air around them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Their applause is getting a little weaker, because it’s been two hours and they’ve already heard about forty girls give one-minute speeches, and they’re ready for the queens to be chosen already. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sí, very dizzy and sick to my stomach. I felt so weak I fell down. Then I threw up.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Ordinary crime, after all, preys on the weak—on little old ladies rather than on husky athletes—and criminals often make willing and able executioners of defenseless people. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Lines, the color of weak tea, began to appear around the black beetle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Am so weak, if he attacks I won't be able to defend myself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In his eyes, she was only a weak woman. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Closely examined it shows seams, ill-glued cracks and weak places beyond which is anything. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “The crawlers are weak, they cannot fight, they will not last. That is how nature intended it.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Especially not after he has heard from Namontack that King James is a short, flabby, weak man with no teeth and the strongest body odor in London. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I did not know, during that time, how weak he was likely to get. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I heard Miss Kenton say softly behind me: 'His pulse is very weak.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a pretty weak move, though, since there weren’t any child locks in the front seat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I screamed at the top of my lungs and began to cry as loudly as I could, punching and kicking with all my might into the weak walls that continued to burn. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z By that point, he was too weak even to sign documents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her calves thinned, and her complexion turned the color of weak tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z V had never played an oboe before, that was clear from her first weak note. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Jefferson informed his secretary of the navy that the Osage were a great nation and that “we must stand well, because in their quarter we are miserably weak.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I want center,” he confides in me, “though I’ll probably get wing again. You’ll get second row in spite of being lanky and weak.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I was very nervous, and my knees felt weak. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Too weak to go on, Gau had been left on a snow-covered ledge by his Sherpas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And for a little while longer he lay quietly with weak breathing, as if perhaps waiting for normal and natural conditions to reemerge out of the complete stillness. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She also has braces that cost a whole bunch of money and I can’t pop her when she’s running her weak girl game. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The jump back to the embankment is harder this time cuz we’re so wet and weak but I take a running shot at it and then catch Viola as she comes tumbling after me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She would become progressively weaker until her arms and legs refused to move at all, and then she would die. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Had it been weaker, however, nothing would have coalesced. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Fern whispered in a weak voice, “She hunts deer? And rabbits?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He gave a weak croak that might have been a chuckle on a better day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Good. It didn’t. Never fool yourself into perceiving things that don’t exist. It’s a fine line to walk, but sympathy is not an art for the weak willed.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But my father had awakened and grabbed my aggressor, loo weak to overwhelm him, he thought of calling Meir Katz: “Come, come quickly! Someone is strangling my son!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t exactly a bum, he was just a weak man who whined all the time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually there would be what is called a phase transition and the symmetry between the forces would be broken: the strong force would become different from the weak and electromagnetic forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy and Annabeth were on their feet, looking weak and dazed, but their swords were drawn. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He found his legs were weak and his tongue gave him pain all the time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He had looked very weak, and everyone, including the newsmen, had noticed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With this, the Coast Guard could pick up weak signals that others missed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then the beautiful eyes of the fair woman open and look love, and the voluptuous mouth present to a kiss—and man is weak. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I asked in a weak attempt to kill my nerves. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z This warder was a weak fellow, and he started trembling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want to die? How could you be so weak that you lost your grip? You’re always stuffing your face with food.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The Pacific is no place for rowers, especially when they are weak and blind, when their lifeboats are large and unwieldy, and when the wind is not cooperating. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She could move both sides of her body, although she was too weak to stand and she still couldn’t talk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook my head and tried to look sad and weak. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If living in the projects is supposed to make me a stronger person, then I would rather be weak. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In confusion they will instantly revert to their real state—weak and sad humanity. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to turn over, but he was so weak and hurt, he collapsed in my arms. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The wind, which had been silent, gave a weak whimper, as if too tired to even protest. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On most Sundays, when my mother tapped her on the shoulder in greeting, Aunt Zo responded only with a weak smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She’s too weak to speak, or even to wonder what a stranger is doing in her home. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They lie there, as if no longer of this world, so weak they cannot swat away the flies sitting on their faces. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm trying to fight him but I'm so small and weak and he's so big and strong, you can't stop him, no one can stop Killer Kane. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Doc said he didn’t see how I’d made it without bleeding and a good emetic. Says I’m still weak because I didn’t get all the poisons out of my body.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “It is easier he says, though,” he continued, “if the blood is weak.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z If you had weak eyes, Mom believed, they needed exercise to get strong. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As I fiddle, I realize that it’s not made by Henka Games—it’s by some other company, with weaker security. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was all I had left of him But that was weak and foolish. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Wright felt weak and woozy, and was having trouble holding the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching those guys pummel each other so no one would suspect them of being weak was too much for me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She was very gray and weak and tired. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A lot of nerve for a fourteen-year-old with buckteeth and a weak chin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She smiles, her lips a weak yellow smear across her face. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She said Mother made our group appear weak and that now they would probably shoot everyone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In a weak voice I—the World’s Biggest, Fattest Liar—said, “She seems very nice, Harry.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Jinx caught his breath and felt his knees get weak. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The boys would see if he was tough or weak, if he was cool or a square, and the girls would look to see if he was cute or ugly. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t talk with your mouth full,” Mark replied with a weak smile. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Except I’m predestined to lose because my resolve is weak, and now I’m starting to feel like I have to make this wasted study time worth his while. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z They both knew then she would keep him and take care of him all the months he would lie in a bed too weak to walk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At first, these laws were rather weak and generally ignored by all. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z What they say about females being the weaker sex is the biggest lie in the world. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We took the three slippery mangoes, taking weak bites, sucking on them like little babies. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Both of them overburdened and ill-equipped, weak by nature or circumstance, married to strong-willed, selfish men, addicted to the opiate of sleep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He smiled, his blue eyes sparkling, and I felt weak with love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He laughed and I forced a weak smile in return. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But they were weak enough that most people — even small children — were able to fight them off and survive them. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes that can help, but I just shake my head, feeling weak that people I haven’t even fought yet already haunt me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I laughed and felt numb and weak, knowing that soon the pain would come and that no matter what happened to me I'd never be the same. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whenever I ask my folks, my father turns me off by saying I’m weak—that I’m a you-know-what lover. He says colored folks are used to doing without, and I ought not spoil them.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pride made me show off and help the weaker party of the tournament You could call it vainglory. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm dizzy, and it makes me feel weak. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You’re all weak, every one of you. You know nothing about survival.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “It is a weak, unnatural child. It will die.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “The legs of toads are weak,” Rick said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Once he was out of his skin, the lion was just a weak jelly, with no claws and no teeth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z They thought she would be weak and delicate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z You will not be weak, she tells herself. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She tried stretching out her supply by making a very weak drink, but she might as well have drunk nothing; the headaches were prevented only by coffee that was black with strength. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, the hidden messages being sent from the Institute were broadcast only a few times each day, and on a very weak signal. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Something in his chest plummeted when Koffi answered with a weak smile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z At least, I thought I was too weak. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The humans resulting, he knew, would be, as they became lighter, and weaker, progressively also more susceptible to wickedness and evil. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We found her lying on the ground, too weak to climb. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Which made her feel like the dumbest, weakest girl. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The two of them would certainly have killed me if they hadn’t still been rather weak at the knees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I heard my favorite sound in the world: Edward’s quiet laugh, weak with relief. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Such a joint was too weak for our rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I know Fizz isn’t weak, except when facing her mother, but I know I can go wobbly-kneed in all kinds of scenarios. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I see him as weak now, clinging, gutted like a fish. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But the overcast had broken, and before dawn the thin moon shining between brown-edged clouds shed a weak light on the sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Then he tried to talk, another mistake, because his voice was all quivery and weak. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I’m so weak from holding down nothing but Cheerios in the last twenty-four hours, I’m beat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “No, but he’s wounded and very weak. The farm man shot him with a gun, you know.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “See? This is a weak point,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I was alive and climbing a tree and a girl that I was weak for was safe on the ground below. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “You’re going to talk,” I said, my voice steady and normal, as it is when talking to the familiar, the weak, and the small. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sherman’s left leg was shriveled and weak, the result of polio. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Still, a sickness comes upon us—we now call it the “summer sickness”—and many of our men are too weak to work. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The heartbeat was weak, the breathing irregular, but Abraham Lincoln was still alive. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m weak in a way she never was. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s the one weak point in the defense system around the plant,” Ronneberg agreed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a brief kiss, but his mouth, though mild, seemed to draw up all my strength and leave me weak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z ‘I customarily killed old women. I used to kill my aunts....The women were afraid of me....Now, here with the whites, I have become weak.’ Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Its weak rays shone on the dewy grass and made the herbs in the garden glisten as if under a spell. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I made a face at her weak attempt at a joke. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In two more they would begin to get weak. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The SS officers were doing the selection: the weak, to the left; those who walked well, to the right. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides, I could use some company,” she added, giving me a weak smile. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Westley nodded, kept on walking, still slowly, still weak, but still able to move. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I read his message several more times before I’m sure that he’s alive and well, and then I flop my head back against my pillow and sigh, weak with relief. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I thought of how small and weak I’d looked in the mirror. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Unlike Sally’s strong cough syrup, Nora was a weak fruit punch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin looked wan, and his voice sounded weak and hoarse. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It told her to help the weak, the hungry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z When my legs were burning to their limit and my lungs were sucking at the thin mountain air and my knees were shaking and weak, I stopped for my first rest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” Tuttle finally mumbled in his weak voice. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He was always weak and thirsty when he came back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what to say to that, so I gave him a weak smile and kept eating. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “He is but a fragile man, and you know their fortitude is weaker than ours.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Then are you stronger than human beings, or weaker?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "They say the king gives justice and protects the weak." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But his body felt hot and weak, as if he were ill. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z You are too skinny, you are too weak ... Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the course of years it has been in his body, giving him fevers, making him tired, weak. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They went over the route again—and spotted the weak link. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked Linda and he didn’t want one of his last memories of her to be full of quivering excuses and weak reassurances. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My knees and insides were so weak I had to drop down on all fours. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Boynton told a reporter that his cousin was weak from the trip. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Even though she is so weak, I’m surprised by the steadiness of her hand as she writes on the “Do Not Wear” list: “Gray, shapeless, mannishly tailored pants.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Jason,” he called, “can you fly a few legionnaires across the pit? The enemy’s left flank is weak—see? Take it!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That must be it, I must have caught a plague, but if that is it, why isn’t he weak? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But now that he’s showing his sweet side, I feel weak. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And because I was weak, I began to cry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Kali bent forward eagerly, quivering in her excitement, and at that moment as ill luck would have it the child woke, opened his weak, pinkish eyes, yawned and began to yell piercingly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As the flames diminished, I sank onto my stomach, too weak to even scream. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Not sure what day it is Still very weak, but the bleeding has stopped. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I immediately grasped the weak spot in our cover. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z For all her pushy, ponytailed U. Valley girl confidence, she sure does have weak spots. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “You have city hands and a weak back. You wouldn’t last a week on the farm.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’m done, Paul eyeballs the test and barks out, “What is your weakest point?” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hujflepufts are weak on offense and not so great on defense, either. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and leaned against the wall, nauseated with fear and too weak to stand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her knees felt weak, like they might buckle. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Matt tried to stay awake, to see whether they would reveal more, but he was too weak. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The light was weak, and the ship was far away. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z All of them were cold and wet and hungry, except the ranger, and Jojen Reed was too weak to walk unaided. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Younger and taller than his sister, he was growing weaker by the day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I came out of the subway, weak, moving through the heat as though I carried a heavy stone, the weight of a mountain on my shoulders. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Uriah and Marlene, who were on my side even when I seemed strong, or Christina and Will, who have always protected me when I seemed weak? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Hari had been too weak to walk to the river on his own legs, but now the river seemed to strengthen him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I am weak and have no weapon so, with my ragged teeth, I bite him. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He nodded at Tree’s wisdom and then tried a weak smile at me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z What you must do is rest and eat, because you fell asleep too soon to restore yourself last night, and you have to eat in these temperatures to stop yourself getting weak….” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes would grow too dim to find water and her fingers too weak to dig for yams. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather was so weak that he’d usually fall asleep by eight o’clock. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The fairy possesses a weak brand of magic that it may use to deter predators, such as the Augurey. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Park had spent sixteen years acting weak and weird and girlie, and his dad had borne it on his massive shoulders. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t feel too good,” she finally said in a weak voice. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And, for once, your mother and I are in agreement on this important point: The use of slang is an indicator of a weak intellect and an impoverished vocabulary.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z His arms were too weak to lift his heavy body. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Among the Dothraki, mothers stayed on horseback almost up to the moment of birth, and she did not want to seem weak in her husband's eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I knew that I should rise and pray in thanksgiving for my deliverance, but I felt too weak to move. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I tell Mam I want to go home but she says I’m a bit too weak and surely I’ll be out in no time. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Percy, your position is weak. You know you can’t stop another assault.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She wakes up weak, half her size, but alive. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She was looking thin and pale and weak; but her eyes were pure and glowed with fervour. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Judith watched helplessly, still too weak even to comb her own hair. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He had begun to suffer from rheumatism, and apart from this had had several attacks of fever, from each of which he recovered more slowly and emerged weaker. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused, seeming too weak to go on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor seemed a far way from his face and after the long time in bed his legs were very weak. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Abby held up her hand just high enough to wave a weak hello. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Cole had many things he wanted to explain but he was too weak and tired now. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There was plenty of work even for weak girls in that dry place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But I want to be strong, not weak and sad like Mami, so I try to cheer myself up. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He feels weak and sick; he longs for sun and warmth. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mark was tired and hungry and weak, but he fought on, fueled by adrenaline alone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z People goggled through the bars at him as he lay, starving and weak, on a bed of straw. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I felt so weak that I could hardly stand. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The Queen frowned at her son, who gave her a weak smile. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dayah massages Alan’s weak leg like she used to do when he was a toddler struggling to balance and walk for the first time. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The constant tempo of that violence pulsed throughout my body and made me feel small, and weak, and cowardly. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The point of Ser Gregor's lance had snapped off in his neck, and his life's blood flowed out in slow pulses, each weaker than the one before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At this point, the victim is usually extremely exhausted and weak, and can do nothing but sleep. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I was too weak to swim against the current with the drag of the fighting kid under my arm. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But lying low would show a weak character, and that was not how I wanted everyone to think of me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Not until the sickness changed her, turning her into a weak old woman. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Every group had stories of terrible peril: boys who had been hurt or killed by bullets or bombs, attacked by wild animals, or left behind because they were too weak or sick to keep up. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Past the com and potato fields, my house comes into view, looking small and weak against the mountains towering behind it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nine, Tom Barleycorn had said, and nine there were, but two were dead and one so weak he might have died by morning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It tells how he tried to save himself by hunting game and eating wild plants while nonetheless getting weaker. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I walked up to the gates, she was swaying on her feet, like she was too weak to even stand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the weak light that came through the dusty windows, Malcolm saw how chapped and cracked the skin of her fingers was, how red and raw. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “My theory is that you really do belong in Abnegation. That your Divergence is weaker.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z At first Otto had thought Mr. Flux was the weaker man in this fight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z All his teachers had realized that he was weak in their courses, and had assumed that his gifts lay elsewhere. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z The men coming up the hill stopped to volley; weak fire came in return. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he proposed that the structure would be held together by much weaker bonds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Miss Love smiled, but it was a weak smile. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I was weak as a rain-chilled chicken, but most of the hurting had stopped. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell and I ran away, my knees weak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Consequently, the Constitution was designed so the federal government would be weak, not only in its relationship to private property, but also in relationship to the rights of states to conduct their own affairs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Yesterday he told me he thought I would have to pretend to be weak, but he was wrong. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In my weaker moments, I still think she might have heard me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He’s thin, a cross between a sidekick cowboy and a weak soldier. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “I did indeed,” replied Charlotte in a weak voice. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She won by very convincingly portraying herself as weak and helpless so that she would be ignored. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The man was probably in his sixties, but looked weak. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But in truth, I was too weak to try. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Your faith was weak even before Satan’s work destroyed our signs ministry.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Their games are brutal, as if they enjoy shedding blood on the field, pummeling the weaker ones. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z When I awoke I was very weak and hungry. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They left the castle at noon the next day to find a weak silver sun shining down upon the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I try to struggle, but I’m so weak from dehydration now, it’s useless. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Was he weak because of the terror that washed over him whenever he saw a cop or a gun? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Too weak to groan, he lay in his own filth and shut Ids eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her hair was down and she wore a white cotton shift and in the weak glow of the hallway night-light her skin looked almost smooth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They were mostly on their own together because Flo was too weak to keep up with the other chimps. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She caresses his two arms, pausing over the weaker left one, and his skinny legs, touching his scuffed knees, lingering over his gimpy leg. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He often said to them, in one way or another, that people who were weak deserved to die. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The episode of paralysis leaves him gaunt, weaker than ever, drained of life. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was too weak to walk and was so old that he had shrunk in size. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks smaller than me now, and weaker too, and I’m the cripple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had been a knight too, trained with the sword and sworn to defend the weak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The cramp went almost as quickly as it came, and I didn’t feel any better, just weaker. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With each yes, I can hear her voice getting weaker. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Bronn was on him in a heartbeat, kicking what was left of his shattered rondel aside to expose the weak spot between arm and breastplate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked at the listless little child in her arms, the unhappy dæmon pressed so close against her neck, her eyes half closed; she looked ill and weak. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z That seemed like a pretty weak excuse to get his license. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When the rain came, it hammered against the metal bodies around us, rattling a few of the weaker roofs and screens. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They were fearful that if she voted her conscience she would make women appear weak, which could compromise the suffrage campaign. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In the darkness he sang of his leadership, but, too weak to run, turned wearily back to the tent. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked disgusting: weak, squirmy, blotchy, pink, like a newborn mouse. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He was weak and gaunt, confined to his bed and almost completely incapable of any kind of physical activity. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But they died because...when the copilot asked questions, his implied suggestions were very weak. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Pa was about to grab his green army bag but Uncle Darnell reached and got it, as if Pa was too old and too weak. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Black-haired Ernst leaves the school five days after he is chosen as the weakest in Bastian’s exercise. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I am soft and weak and stupid, just as Joffrey says. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She walked slower and her bawling got weaker as she got weaker; but she never stopped walking and bawling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z When he walked faster, I walked faster, even though my feet were sore and frozen and my legs were so weak they wanted to quit. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “A full dose would have killed her, yes, but a small scratch will make her weak and drowsy for half a day or so.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They suggested that in addition to the photon, there were three other spin-1 particles, known collectively as massive vector bosons, that carried the weak force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With less oxygen your muscles get more tired, you can’t catch your breath, your brain gets weak and fuzzy. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Neurochip or neuron, it doesn’t matter, I am weak with her scent and touch. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Any wolf that left the pack lost the protection of the other wolves and became weaker, no longer sharing the pack’s food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Ma cannot do this because she is weak, like the Angkar says. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Heavens, I’m too weak to get back up the stairs,” Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Although the radiation from most would be very weak because they are far away, the total from all of them might be detectable. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The formation of a third hydrogen bond between guanine and cytosine was considered, but rejected because a crystallographic study of guanine hinted that it would be very weak. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Many Australian food chains collapsed, driving the weakest links into extinction. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But I am not weak, Theon told himself, and I mean to be stionger yet by the time my father dies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My forehand was relatively strong, my backhand regrettably weak. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt weak and washed out and when the warm water hit my body, I thought of my dreams...Dante, my dad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Our daughter is in the hospital, too weak to do anything. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Yet the words had been used too often and the fragments that came to Chamberlain now were weak. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Real gravitons make up what classical physicists would call gravitational waves, which are very weak—and so difficult to detect that they have not yet been observed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Precious Lord take my hand Lead me on, let me stand I am tired, I am weak, I am worn. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels as if they can see right through me to my weak, cowardly soul. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z You are not going to spit weak raps into history, are you? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z From there, it’s a matter of counting, hearing and feeling how the strong vs. weak beats are grouped to create a meter. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z My smile is weak and hopeful all in one. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Frank managed to impale him, but blood loss was making him weak. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Please, I pray you take the Communion to our servant Therese. She is fevered and too weak to come to chapel.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When I leaned in, I heard his wheezing breath and his weak coughing, and he smacked his lips softly before he swallowed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But his body was weak, the skin tight to his bones and so pale it seemed transparent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At home in the evenings, my father spent much of his time watching basketball and hockey games on TV, appearing weak and exhausted in his chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was certain that Red was too weak to be capable of fathering a child. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I manage a weak smile, then close my eyes, destroyed. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Worst of all, their leader was already weak and unfit. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, when he fell, he rooted his nose into the ground and just lay there, moaning, too weak even to try to get up again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart is beating so fast now that it leaves me feeling weak. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was comfortable and safe, but she was too weak from hunger to stay there. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “It is my lung,” said Boxer in a weak voice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z On weak days you notice bodies on the sidewalk, and you are visible to Panhandler Ghosts and Mugger Ghosts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The voices of the weak and of the mighty. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z If ever there were a time he’d be too weak to fight me, this is it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z José Arcadio had come to think that he had run away, when he reappeared, panting a little because of his haste, dragging legs that enclosure and lack of mobility had made weak and heavy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The wind came stinging into his face and he remembered how weak and cold he was. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Purvis noted that the president's breathing was weak and his skin pale and clammy. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His voice is even weaker than before, and I think back to what Kelton said last night. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was weak, but it was blue-white—and the gleaming pea that was the distant source of light was not Old Sol. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Mam often talks about Bridey and her rheumatic fever and weak chest. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I lean against the wall for support and feel myself sliding down as my legs get weak. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He was hungry, and he felt shaky and weak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In these weak moments, I think of the ruedacacas, never quitting their toiling. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But I’m weak, and my good leg gives way. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “He seemed really weak — I don’t reckon he was up to Disapparating or anything.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z For three months James endured the symptoms, feeling so weak that he had to stay in bed part of the time. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He landed heavily on his weak leg and lay kicking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl made a weak motion and strained toward the cup. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And then, thinking of her mother, she saw herself as small, weak, and helpless, and she began to cry, suddenly, crushed as much by outrage as by shock. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Music comforts him, but even though he’s bigger than Jay—bigger than all of us—he’s weak, out of shape. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Early Meds were a handful of diabetics and others, usually old or weak, who had to visit the emergency room for medication before breakfast. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying there in his bed without his wedding garments, he looked thin as a willow twig and very weak. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Donay is too old and too weak to wade in poison water. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was too weak to drive, so he sat there behind the wheel of the car, staring at the garage wall, and he began to talk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite her bravado, however, Constance was so weak she toppled forward when she tried to stand. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Very strong it might be, wrought of steel and iron, and guarded with towers and bastions of indomitable stone, yet it was the key, the weakest point in all that high and impenetrable wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He squinted, had no nose, and was weak in his wits. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the gossips, Bush Hill was one step away from Hell, filled with dead bodies and criminals who preyed on the weak. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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