Sentence examples for weakening figure from inspiring English sources

The shorter weakening distance is most likely due to pressurization of pore fluid by shear-enhanced compaction, and probably not by shear heating because almost no temperature rise takes place during slip weakening (Figure 3a).

He is a badly weakened figure in his party and in the government.

"You can fight for something and lose and be a weakened figure.

This week, the supreme court limited Cunha's powers, and government supporters claim their nemesis is now a fatally weakened figure.

He must realise that he is a badly weakened figure in both Washington and the wider world: a man who seemed a colossus in the immediate aftermath of September 11th, when he famously rushed out of his office to help the wounded in the Pentagon, looks more of a pygmy.He has little capital left in Washington, let alone the chancelleries of Old Europe.

However, when the sea state worsens, and the thermal distinction between the target and the breaking waves diminishes, ViBe's performance weakens (Figures 8 and 9).

The country's economy grew 6.9% last year, the slowest rate in a quarter of a century, and weakening economic figures have signalled the slowdown has continued this year.

Swapping the odious (Frankie Cocozza) for the merely tedious (Amelia Lily) has given a short-term boost to weakening audience figures, but the more a reality TV show franchise starts screwing with the format, the more vulnerable it gets.

The antique tradition of illusionistic naturalism continued in painting in Rome through the early Christian period; but toward 600 it weakened, and figures became flat and insubstantial.

"And the timing of Easter weakens the figures further.

After a string of weakening output growth figures going back to last year, the authorities have come intense pressure internally to address the slowdown with a dramatic policy shift.