Sentence examples for rather than strong from inspiring English sources

Like many people I spoke with, she described the Chinese as xiaoqiao — dextrous and coördinated rather than strong.

Rather than "strong" paving the way to female liberation, it all just smacks of new pressures to look a certain way, to conform to a new body trend.

As she has noted on numerous occasions, there are double standards for women politicians, who tend to be called "hard" rather than "strong" when they take tough decisions.

"On Friday there is an indication that stormy weather could return, but it's likely to bring heavy rain rather than strong winds".

The real worry is whether that recovery will be sustained; and, if it is, whether it will be weak rather than strong.

Webber, a prospective free agent, did not have enough help to keep O'Neal off the boards and often resorted to long jump hooks rather than strong drives to the basket.

The Democrats and their candidates, he said, had in many ways emerged from the convention weaker rather than stronger.

And when all governments would like their currencies to be weaker rather than stronger, whose paper money do you trust?

Indigenous communities have long known that the justice and family protection systems need fixing, and that we will create a more cohesive society through building stronger families rather than stronger prisons.

Japan's fundamentals remain "stable", he said this week, and the government is "ready to take decisive steps" (ie, buy yen in the foreign-exchange markets) to steady things.Unfortunately, the fundamentals are getting weaker rather than stronger.

But ties with others in the UK were getting weaker rather than stronger.