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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a weak echo of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is a faint or diminished reflection of another thing, often in terms of ideas, themes, or sentiments.
Example: "The film was a weak echo of the original novel, lacking the depth and complexity of the source material."
Alternatives: "a faint reflection of" or "a pale imitation of".
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It is a weak echo of the ghastly auto-accident of Pulp Fiction.
The Socialist Campaign Group, founded by Benn to co-ordinate socialist MPs and led by the indomitable John McDonnell, is a weak echo of what it once was.
But Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who sponsored most of the Senate's criminal-penalties provisions, called the House bill a "weak echo" of his legislation's language.
Lincoln Center's plaza will never be more than a weak echo of Michelangelo's Campidoglio, in Rome (the most famous plaza with pavilions on three sides), but by placing this grand staircase on an axis with the fountain and the Metropolitan Opera, the architects have enhanced its strength as a work of classicism.
With growth slow yet inflation stubborn, America is facing a weak echo of that 1970s scourge stagflation.The economy grew by only 1.3% at an annual rate in the first three months of the year, whereas the overall GDP deflator the broadest output-based measure of price pressure rose at an annual rate of 4%.
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"Femme Assise," from 1953, sends back a weak echo to the artist's Cubist phase.
"The problem is that these flies sit on the ceiling at night, and when the bat tries to echolocate them, the substrate masks the weak echo of the flies," says Stefan Greif, a doctoral student who worked under Siemers.
In order to detect the weak echo signal, a special circuit for extracting weak echo signal of ultrashort pulse laser is designed based on the accumulative detection technology.
The bounded weak echo region (BWER) is a region of low radar reflectivity bounded above by an area of higher radar reflectivity which shows evidence of a strong updraft within mesocyclones.
The number of missing bits at the famous stone circle by the A303 in Wiltshire was an obvious problem, and tests there by the team produced only a limited number of weak echoes and no noticeable reverberation.
The results in New York, a state that figured prominently in the national battle for control of Congress, echoed a weak showing of House Democrats around the country, who failed to capture enough seats to wrest control of Congress from the Republicans.
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