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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

The performers fling themselves into dumb and painful stunts on purpose, and blissfully weak-willed audience members cackle knowing that their laughter is proof that they haven’t grown up either.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2016

"I was weak-willed at the time," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2015

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

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo


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