Sentence examples for weakening that from inspiring English sources

If Mr. Karzai's resolve to work closely with the United States and use his own army to fight the Taliban is weakening, that could present a problem for Mr. Obama.

"If there is a perception in the U.S. Congress that security cooperation is weakening, that could play into the hands of those who oppose immigration reform," said Vanda Felbab-Brown, a counternarcotics expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

"When you hinge the argument for equality of opportunity in creative fields on the specific complaint that a particular movie or performance was unjustly denied, you're inevitably weakening that case because not everyone does or should agree on what movies are good," DeBoer warns.

(Weakening that argument: The industry itself received a quarter of its spectrum free over a decade ago).

Peace with Syria is aimed at achieving strategic goals -- notably breaking its ties to the rejectionist crescent, thereby weakening that axis.

And subjecting your face to vigorous scrubbing is a sure-fire way of weakening that barrier further.

Mr. Souder's admission could weaken that effort.

Vesting one person with both roles weakens that mission.

By making fun of them, I weaken that power".

To weaken that foundation would be grossly irresponsible".

Privatization, whether partial or total, would weaken that tie.