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

When they do not align, the atom is paramagnetic and only weakly magnetized.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

“I laughed because she did,” he weakly claims, and there are more giggles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

"And spermine is, so to speak, the binding agent that brings the strands together. There are only weakly attractive electrical forces between the molecules, and these organise them but do not firmly bind them together."

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

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

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix