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weak-willed

[week-wild] / ˈwikˈwɪld /


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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

And, as researchers are finding, they are already toppling the belief that obesity is simply a moral failing of the weak-willed.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

“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

He squeezed harder, silencing that weak-willed strain inside him.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo