weakly

Example Sentences

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When the match resumed, brawls were still going on in the stands and Morocco’s Brahim Diaz failed to score with a weakly hit penalty kick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

"The challenge is that dark matter interacts so weakly that we need detectors capable of seeing events that might happen once in a year, or even once in a decade," Mahapatra said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

"In conventional superconductors, the electrons in these pairs are very far away from each other, and weakly bound," says co-lead author Jeong Min Park PhD '24.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2025

"I feel pain in my head and my legs," he says weakly.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

“Well, see, I’ve got to get the mail first,” Chip said weakly.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix