Sentence examples for in a weak state from inspiring English sources

Ashya's father, Brett, said his son was "still in a weak state" and would be assessed in the coming days before undergoing the proton beam treatment.

Ukip's new leader, Paul Nuttall, who is from the north-west, might have some appeal here, but financially and organisationally the party is in a weak state, and might not have the capacity to mount a strong campaign.

"He's still in a weak state but we've got a few days to help him and I'm sure they're going to give him the best treatment but not so strong it knocks him down.

RSPCA inspector Louise Labram, who attended the incident, said the owl was extremely thin, suggesting he had either been hanging there for several days, or was already in a weak state and easy for someone to catch and tie up.

As shown in Fig. 4a, peak 1 abruptly decreases from the initial strong state and then stabilizes in a weak state as l 2 is increased when R = 0.

He didn't want me to see him in a weak state.

Daimler has the technical know-how to develop lean and clean engines, but with the financials in such a weak state it cannot tie up the capital.

In a fever not of the intermittent type, if a lip, an eye-brow, an eye, or the nose, be distorted; or if there be loss of sight or of hearing, and the patient be in a weak state-whatever of these symptoms occur, death is at hand.

Dependency, in international relations, a weak state dominated by or under the jurisdiction of a more powerful state but not formally annexed by it.

Nils Muižnieks, the European commissioner for human rights, recently felt moved to point out that democracy was at risk in the birthplace of democracy because of "the upsurge in hate crime and a weak state response".

Chris Ngwodo, a Nigerian political analyst, told al-Jazeera: "The group's appeal is religious and resonates in the context of a weak state with severely weakened institutions.