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weak-kneed

[week-need] / ˈwikˈnid /


















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Then there are my people, weak-kneed types who, come winter, wonder whether they can survive yet another cold snap.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

Wish You Were Dead is about a relationship that veers between being affectionate and volatile; while in Big Brown Eyes, Young gets weak-kneed when a lukewarm love interest insults her.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2025

ByteDance stared it down, though, and bet that U.S. policymakers would get weak-kneed if the ban were actually about to go into effect.

From Slate Jan. 18, 2025

All of this may help explain the weak-kneed result, but it does not justify it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2021

The Prime Minister sank, weak-kneed, into the nearest chair.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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