Sentence examples for weaken themselves from inspiring English sources

They weaken themselves deliberately".

Those who force their challengers into reticence often weaken themselves more than those whom they seek to oppress.

They did not do anything to strengthen themselves, but they did not do anything to weaken themselves, either.

Trained to halt the development of their bodies at puberty because of cultural proscriptions against strong women, "girls weaken themselves unnaturally".

Stalin strongly desired to seize the initiative and attack the German forces, but was convinced by his senior commanders to take a defensive posture and allow the Germans to weaken themselves in attacking prepared positions, after which the Soviet forces would go over onto the offensive.

Other conferences weakened themselves, not just in volume but also quality".

In 2005 the Blues weakened themselves further by splitting into a mainstream wing and a more extreme fringe.

Cities that try to prevent growth through green belts often end up weakening themselves, as Seoul has done.A wiser policy would be to plan for huge expansion.

With food shortages now constant, many older people share their meagre rations with their grandchildren, weakening themselves further and making the prospect of climbing stairs even more daunting.

Finn may not be as good a bat as Bresnan but by keeping him out of the team until now surely England weakened themselves overall – and doesn't the same principle apply?" You could certainly make that case, although it's moot because there is no chance of England ever going in with a tail of Finn, Anderson, Onions and Panesar.

But instead of finding common ground, each side weakened themselves by ignoring the potential for uniting around common instrests.