weak-willed
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Other notable singers included bass-baritone Robert Frazier as the Rev. John Hale, who realizes the truth too late, and soprano Kresley Figueroa as the treacherously weak-willed Mary Warren.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, his cult is such that defenders are dismissing his alleged victims as weak-willed crybabies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Greg — a stick-figure with Jughead-esque askew smile and a Charlie Brown wisp of hair — can be weak-willed and secretly nasty, especially toward Rowley.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021
The rather weak-willed Henry doesn’t know what to believe.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2016
He squeezed harder, silencing that weak-willed strain inside him.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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