Sentence examples for of weak character from inspiring English sources

It is considered bad manners and a sign of weak character to become visibly intoxicated from vodka.

It describes the destructive effects of celibacy on a priest of weak character and the dangers of fanaticism in a provincial Portuguese town.

The young Absalom Kumalo (the excellent Daniel Breaker), an ambiguous figure in the book, who descends into crime through a combination of weak character and hard circumstances, is given a tidy, sin-scrubbing speech about wanting desperately to better his life for his fiancée, Irina (Sherry Boone), and unborn son.

A chronicle of life in the heyday of her native Värmland's history, the age of prosperous iron founders and small manors, the book recounts the story of the 12 Cavaliers, led by Gösta Berling, a renegade priest of weak character but irresistible charm.

Men of weak character played with guns.

It's not, as once widely believed, a matter of weak character, but a mental and physical condition that can be all-consuming and, all too often, fatal.

A repeat of this seems more likely than a run of weak characters in the White House.

In the late 19th century, the party barons who dominated Congress also dominated the smoke-filled rooms in which presidential nominees were selected, and so the run of weak characters in the White House was no coincidence.

He makes Türmer a whipping boy for weak character, a mascot of the greedy hordes who line their pockets as soon as the opportunity arises.

In addition, respondents were asked to indicate on a three point scale whether they thought the behaviour described in the vignette was a normal response, typical of a weak character, typical of a mental illness, and/or typical of a general medical problem.

He is a saved sinner, so the dissipations of his early and middle years are not tokens of a weak character but testaments to the transformative power of his faith.