Sentence examples for weakness whether from inspiring English sources

But it is doubtful, given Italy's military weakness, whether Italian neutrality would have stopped Hitler.

Yet Wall Street is also a macho, "don't let them see you sweat" world where showing self-doubt and weakness, whether to clients or co-workers, is about as welcome as a stock whose value is taking a nosedive.

In any football match it is a sensible and wholly justifiable tactic to focus on an opponents' weakness, whether that be a dodgy left-back, a goalkeeper who can't catch crosses, or – in Arsenal's case – a soft midfield.

The definition of this outcome in two of the three trials was based simply on clinically detectable quadriparesis [ 12, 13], which may lack both sensitivity and specificity; however, the most recent and largest trial used the validated Medical Research Council score [ 28], and found identical risk of ICU-acquired weakness whether or not patients received NMBA therapy.

He knows our weaknesses, whether it be in or away.

"We'd have still needed to go through the same process of pinpointing strengths and weaknesses whether we had won the group and faced Ghana or come second and faced Germany," added James.

But they also leaned on a quarterback who showed himself adept at exploiting the defense's weaknesses, whether that was through regular targeting of Vernon Davis – a player he had barely thrown to over the previous seven games – or knowing when to hand the ball off to Frank Gore in the read-option offense.

His own insecurities give him a sharp eye for others' weaknesses, whether they were Churchill's drinking ("If I had to make a judgment after listening to him talk, I would think that he was slightly cockeyed") or Roosevelt's eventual physical decline ("His hands shake violently when he tries to take a drink of water," Kennedy noted in 1944; he "kept talking about $10,000 when he meant $10,000,000").

I made sure I knew their strengths and weaknesses, whether it be pace or ability in the air.

"There were lots of agents in the background looking and testing and seeing if they could see any weakness and whether our public statements were right or not.

As the volunteers talked, a panel of psychologists judged their reasoning and weakness to bias: whether it was a rounded argument, whether the candidates were ready to admit the limits of their knowledge – their "intellectual humility" – and whether they were ignoring important details that didn't fit their theory.