Sentence examples for be perceived as weak from inspiring English sources
"You don't want to be perceived as weak".
After the Goldstone controversy he cannot afford to be perceived as weak and submissive.
Many employees don't feel comfortable disclosing a mental health problem to their employer, often fearing they'll be perceived as weak, incompetent or unable to cope".
It evidences itself for men as never being able to be perceived as weak, and for women as never having permission to dream big in the first place.
Otherwise, he said, the United States would be perceived as weak and would invite further Communist aggression, which could touch off nuclear wars.
"I think people want to say enough is enough, but they're worried that they're going to be perceived as weak on security," Mr. Freeman said.
They are too often disciplined because parents don't want to be perceived as weak-willed and indulgent.
In most modern cultures, even if you are healthy — in my case, my cholesterol and blood pressure are low and I have an extraordinarily healthy heart — to be fat is to be perceived as weak-willed and lazy.
"Sometimes characteristics seen as feminine can be perceived as weaker than masculine.
Then someone who was perceived as weak became the hero.
