Sentence examples for weakened standing from inspiring English sources

The service sector employment index weakened, standing at 44.3, after 49.5 the previous month.

Both are considered likely candidates for mayor in four years, and with Mr. Bloomberg's weakened standing, colleagues predicted that both Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Liu would forcefully resist elements of the administration's third-term agenda.

Belying his weakened standing, Ahmadinejad responded in a confident and, at times, flippant tone that did little to calm the excitement of the hearing, broadcast live on state radio.

The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing, and the international outcry has weakened his standing.

It weakens our standing with allies and adversaries alike.

If she's charged, Lagarde is not likely to have to resign from the IMF, but it could weaken her standing.

Mr. Bloomberg's critics sought to portray him as unfit for public office, while the Bloomberg campaign accused the state Democratic Party of planting the article just days before the primary on Tuesday to weaken his standing.

Washington is also worried that the video could weaken its standing in Afghanistan just as it is struggling to balance its relationship with President Hamid Karzai and to engage in talks with the Taliban — negotiations that the Afghan leader has so far viewed warily.

They think it weakens their standing in internal elections and thus in the party.

It could weaken his standing with some of his supporters who have long accepted the president's notion of himself as a "winner" and appreciated his willingness to fight, especially on the issue of illegal immigration.

Ibn ʿAqīl's attraction to these ideas weakened his standing in the conservative Ḥanbalī community of Baghdad.