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

“Succession” is the story of an overbearing right-wing media mogul and his weak-willed children.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2020

The rather weak-willed Henry doesn’t know what to believe.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2016

If Jenna Fox was a weak-willed coward, I don’t want to be her at all.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson