weak-willed
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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
Greg — a stick-figure with Jughead-esque askew smile and a Charlie Brown wisp of hair — can be weak-willed and secretly nasty, especially toward Rowley.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
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 cursed the weak-willed men of the town who did not understand the freedom a man of the llano must have, and he cursed the war for taking his sons away.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
