Sentence examples for only weakens from inspiring English sources

Having to keep fighting Sanders till late July, having to fight on two fronts, only weakens her and strengthens Trump.

(The flip side is that greater inequality not only weakens our economy, it also weakens our democracy).

Leaving, as Mr. Keller suggests, may serve our consumerist attitudes well, but it does little to improve community; it only weakens community.

It's unnecessary, then, to return so often to the fate of a curly-haired toddler — a sentimental indulgence that only weakens the whole.

So losing at home to Southampton again, to depart the FA Cup, only weakens a tenure he admitted pre-game was far from secure with the chairman, John Williams, and the chief executive, Martin Goodman, departing earlier in the week.

The accession of new members, which often have miniscule military capabilities and permanent internal problems, only weakens the Alliance and drives it to increase expenses for the growing NATO bureaucracy.

Conversely, narrowing that pool of talent would only weaken it.

Many Israelis on the left think it weakens the Supreme Court, which can only weaken democracy.

But surely, I thought, locking them out will only weaken environmental and social standards still further?

The soldiers killed thousands of people, only weakening the Shah's hold on the nation.

But surely, I thought, keeping them out will only weaken their emerging democratic credentials still further?