Sentence examples similar to weaker debate from inspiring English sources

The result was arguably one of Mr. Obama's weakest debate performances.

For Clinton, it was a chance to change the story line after a weak debate performance two weeks earlier.

Once atop the polls, Mr. Perry, the Texas governor, has sunk to second-tier status, a decline partly attributed, in addition to weak debate performances, to rivals' painting him as soft on illegal immigration.

Throw in the palpable hits that he took on the parallels between his Bay State health care bill and Obamacare, and you have what was easily his weakest debate yet.

Trump has had weak debate performances before and they don't seem to have hurt his popularity.

But they clearly understood that a weak debate on the part of Clinton would dramatically ratchet up the pressure on Biden to go ahead.

Conversely, an incumbent president during a time of relative peace and prosperity would very likely coast to re-election despite a weak debate showing.

After his disastrously weak debate performance in Denver two weeks ago, President Obama's standing with women -- and Republican Mitt Romney's -- changed dramatically.

WASHINGTON -- After a weak debate performance and a loss in the Florida straw poll, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is having his fitness as the GOP presidential frontrunner seriously questioned.

During the six weeks between the Mississippi and Pennsylvania primaries, a poorly phrased statement and an uncharacteristically weak debate performance by Barack Obama combined with relentless attacks by the Clinton campaign to raise some doubts about Obama as a candidate.

He said that the debate had fortified Gore representatives today as they met with Democrats on Capitol Hill who had been worried about Mr. Gore's previously weak debates and sagging poll numbers.