Sentence examples for weak and uncertain from inspiring English sources

Among the Republicans running to replace him, it is a truism that Obama is weak—"weak and uncertain" (Jeb Bush), a "feckless weakling" (Chris Christie), whose "unbelievable weakness" (Ted Cruz) has "deliberately weakened America".

John, increasingly weak and uncertain, grows ill.

9.04pm BST Senden's pitch from the front of 5 is weak and uncertain, and only just gets over the main ridge.

And recovery, such as it is, has been weak and uncertain — which is exactly what we should have expected, given the overhang of debt.

Determined to hold down labor costs in a weak and uncertain economy, the nation's employers slashed hours in July, cut overtime and limited hiring to a bare minimum, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

Jamie Bell looks weak and uncertain as Dick, the son of a coalminer in a dullish anytown USA, a lazily conceived place that Lars, as ever, imagines we will accept as uncritically as he does.

Banks believe they will grow in the medium to long term but the short-term outlook is less encouraging: "Activity and revenues are expected to decline over the coming quarter; predictions for demand remain weak, and an uncertain regulatory future continues to temper the banks growing confidence with caution," said Hitchins.

And yet it seems almost certain that the Panthéon tradition of individual honors will continue, perhaps precisely because national identification with values of the Republic is weaker and more uncertain.

"The board judged that, with modest domestic growth and a weaker and more uncertain international environment, the outlook for inflation afforded scope for a more accommodative stance of monetary policy," the central bank's governor, Glenn Stevens, said in prepared remarks after the bank board's monthly meeting.

Stuart Gordon of Chatham House, a British think tank, studied aid efforts in Helmand Province and concluded that in places where state capacity is weak and security is uncertain, foreign aid "may have as many negative, unintended effects as positive ones".

In a statement, Greenpeace said that the proposed measures are too weak and their effects uncertain, and that bottom trawling and gillnetting should be banned completely.