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
So I followed him, thinking I might find his core supporters feeling weak in the knees.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2016
“I haven’t heard any reports that she’s weak in the knees, that the office is afraid. And you do hear that from offices around the country.”
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2015
But if there was one figure who made screen legend Lauren Bacall weak in the knees it was British sculptor Henry Moore.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2014
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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