weak in the knees
Example Sentences
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Still, these were details ABC might have accounted for before constructing the sensitive, chaste gentleman fantasy that made everyone weak in the knees.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023
We Americans may enjoy our tuna and savor our salmon, but nothing makes us weak in the knees like an overloaded buffet of all-you-can-eat shrimp.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019
It’s unlikely that Mueller, a former Marine Corps officer who fought in Vietnam, will turn weak in the knees.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2018
So I followed him, thinking I might find his core supporters feeling weak in the knees.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2016
As they walked back toward Parliament Square Briony was light-headed and still weak in the knees from laughing so hard.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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