He talked as if torture were an expression of strength, rather than momentary domination masking the most abject moral and practical weakness.
Our society today is in the abject state it is because of the weakness of Liberalism as a political force over decades which has permitted Labour and Conservative governments to undermine communities, to destroy local self-government and to promote economic over human values.
On the other side the abject failure of peace talks, alongside the weakness of their leadership in the face of routine settler attacks, is also driving support for violent confrontation among Palestinians.
Digging into Randy Newman's abject ballad, "Guilty," a substance abuser's groveling confession of weakness and failure, Ms. Dexter brings out its lurking subtext.
Ballads like "Down to Zero" and "The Weakness in Me" are hymns of devoted and sometimes abject love.
That was abject cowardice".
Of all the abject illusions!
As for Mr. Levin, while his abject apology was years after the fact, experts said it was nonetheless stunning in an environment that generally frowns upon apologies as a sign of weakness.
Tyson wept, abject and philosophical.
