Weakened

Examples

• That the power, and consequently the security of the monarchy, may not be weakened by division, it must descend entire to one of the children. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• To-day traditional Christianity has weakened in the face of man's interest in the conquest of this world. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The weakened virus increased in strength when cult ivated in a series of rabbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The use of the weakened inoculation had developed it s resistance to infection. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Meade was instructed to watch the enemy closely and, if Lee weakened his lines, to make an attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• One curious thing the National Assembly did which greatly weakened its grip on affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But two disasters happened to the Etruscans which so weakened them that the Romans were able at last to master them altogether. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Each antagonist was weakened by moderate adherents who did not want to go too far. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Circumstances, pursued Mr. Guppy, over which I had no control, but quite the contrary, weakened the impression of that image for a time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Lee had weakened the other parts of his line to meet this movement of Hancock's, and I determined to take advantage of it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A hen that chanced to be inoculated with the weakened virus developed the diseas e, but, after a time, recovered (much as patients after the old-time small pox inoculations). Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Her mind was so much weakened that she still fancied present exertion impossible, and therefore it only dispirited her more. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Absence had increased her desire of seeing Charlotte again, and weakened her disgust of Mr. Collins. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The eels can be taken by driving horses into the water to be shocked and seizing them when thus weakened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The exhaust gas is cooled, passed into the previously weakened solution, reabsorbed and returned to the generator. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• My eye was not dimmed by those tears nor my heart in aught weakened. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In the case of an thrax the virus could be weakened by keeping it at a certain temperature, while it could be strengthened by passage through a succession of guinea-pigs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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