weak side

Example Sentences

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“I saw her cut from the weak side, we made eye contact, two people came to me and I passed it to her. On our team you have to be thinking all the time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026

The 6-foot-2, 230-pound played primarily weak side linebacker at Wyoming and had 109 tackles and two sacks last season.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

For the yen, its slide back past the weak side of 149-per-dollar suggested some scepticism around whether Japan's finance ministry had really ordered an intervention, though it was enough to quieten short sellers.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2023

That surprise though barely moved the yen , which is now firmly on the weak side of 145 per dollar - the level that prompted intervention last year.

From Reuters • Aug. 15, 2023

Adah’s weak side was overtaken by convulsive trembling, and Rachel seemed to be in a trance.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver