The phrase "a weak place" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a location or situation that is vulnerable or lacking strength, either physically or metaphorically.
Example: "The castle had a weak place in its defenses, making it susceptible to attacks."
Alternatives: "a vulnerable spot" or "a fragile area".
Hitchens is apparently employing the Denis Healey defence, says Hattersley: "When in a weak place, quote a lot of names and places".
One Labour source said that the party was in a weak place to criticise the award because Spencer Livermore, who ran Ed Miliband's election campaign, received a peerage in the dissolution honours list.
Finding a weak place at the Earth's surface it broke through, producing the volcano.
The mean response was rated in two trials with the following scoring system: 0 indicates no placing response, 1 indicates a weak placing response and 2 indicates a clear placing response.
He said Britain would survive outside the EU but it would be a weaker place.
We need to act without fear, but with clear and concrete plans, in the knowledge that if Europe fails, the world is a weaker place.
A Super League without the Bulls would be a weaker place.
Still, one may notice than in the Orban et al. study [12], subjects were trained during 30 minutes (i.e., half of the time spent in the present study) and consistently had a weaker place-finding performance than in our study, indicating that subjects learned to find their way in the virtual town at a level proportional to the exposure time.
Only South Africa and Turkey are in such a weak position, and plenty of places are much better prepared Brazil's reserves are double its gross financing needs.
With a weak pact in place, investors are worried about any kind of Lehman-like shock to the system.
After the revelations of "Bridgegate", Christie launched a long anticipated Presidential campaign in 2016, only to fizzle out with a weak sixth place finish in the New Hampshire primary.
