weakling

Example Sentences

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Former Big Ten weakling Indiana defied all conventional wisdom to become the nation’s only undefeated team and claim its first-ever No. 1 ranking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Don’t get me wrong: J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI’s legendary founding director, would view Patel as a contemptible weakling.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

Jesse Eisenberg is excellent as a nebbish weakling who decides to become a “real man” by learning karate.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Like the Neuse River waterdog, they spend their entire lives confined to water with larval gills and weakling limbs.

From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2022

Then there’s Johanna Mason, the only living female victor from 7, who won a few years back by pretending she was a weakling.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins