weak in the knees
Example Sentences
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There’s something about this storied tournament that can make even the steeliest of players weak in the knees.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
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
Or maybe it’s that you can’t look at it all at once, as Greene says, because “you’d almost get weak in the knees if you did”.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2018
So here are the five films that stole my heart and made me weak in the knees.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2017
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
