Sentence examples for has proven weak from inspiring English sources

Analysis of his presidency never concludes with policy discussion – on which Zuma has proven weak – but with his sexual lifestyle.

The spirit is always there, but the flesh has proved weak.

Recent eurozone data has proved weak, with inflation falling and unemployment rising.

The ruling coalition (average age, 58) has proved weak and slothful.

Towards America's enemies and rivals, the charge goes, Mr Obama has proved weak, naive and apologetic.

But the plan has proved weak and unable to reverse a trend that started in the summer when oil prices began to tumble.

Far from being tough and intelligent, the government has proved weak and foolish in its attitude to the police – be it at the gates of Downing Street or inside Number 10".

But non-violent action had surely played a large part in ending apartheid.Though the ground was rocky and the plant has proved weak, democratisation moved through Africa in the 1990s like feathergrass.

But the general's policies have proven weak and erratic.

Tax revenue in the current fiscal year had proved weaker than expected, in part because GDP in cash terms was weaker than forecast, reflecting low inflation.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — An Islamist militia abandoned several key positions in and outside this capital late Sunday, the latest indication that it has proven the weaker in its rivalry with the Shabab, the radical militant group that now controls much of Somalia.