Failings

Usage examples of weaknesses.

He was brimful of wit and the milk of human kindness, compassionate for the weaknesses of others, and devoted to youth, no matter of what sex, but he knew well the virtue of moderation, and used all things without abusing them.

She understood better now the fears and weaknesses that had driven Liath.

Miss Burton had not a little of the wholesome feminine intolerance for certain weaknesses in her sex.

Through the weaknesses and dangers of early life he had been shielded with loving vigilance.

If I tell you I am before everything a man of my time, I suppose this seems only a cynical confession of all the weaknesses and crimes you have already attributed to me?

When you discovered that I was not everything you imagined, when you found faults and weaknesses in me, you began to draw away, to be cold and indifferent, to lose all interest in whatever I did or wished to do.

He knew most of the secrets, weaknesses, and the braveries of Salinas.

With all her weaknesses, his mother was a lady, and order, refinement, and elegance characterized his home.

Knowing yourself and your own weaknesses as you do, could you honestly recommend yourself to the confidence of any one?

But if in this prison cell you set your face like a flint against the weaknesses and grave faults of your nature which have brought you here, and which would have made you anything but an admirable man had you retained your old position--if, with God as your fast ally, you wage unrelenting and successful war against all that is unworthy of a Christian manhood--I will not only respect, I will honor you.

He was hoping to escape from his evil habits and weaknesses, which were of long growth, as the leper escaped from his disease, by a healing and momentary touch.