Weakened in A Sentence

    1

    A comparatively subordinate place was assigned to Greek, especially as the importance attributed to the Vulgate weakened the motive for studying the original text.

    2

    A conspiracy, planned with the object, among others, of kidnapping the emperor while on a visit to Venice and forcing him to make concessions, was postponed in consequence of the coup detat by which Louis Napoleon became emperor of the French (1852); but a chance discovery led to a large number of arrests, and the state trials at Mantua, conducted in the most shamelessly inquisitorial manner, resulted in five death sentences, including that of the priest Tazzoli, and many of imprisonment for long terms. Even this did not convince Mazzini of the hopelessness of such attempts, for he was out of touch with Italian public opinion, and he greatly weakened his influence by favoring a crack-brained outbreak at Milan on the 6th of February 1853, which was easily quelled, numbers of the insurgents being executed or imprisoned.

    3

    A hemorrhagic stroke-the more common form of stroke in infants and children under age two-occurs when a weakened blood vessel leaks or bursts, causing bleeding in the brain tissue or near the surface of the brain.

    4

    A long minority weakened the royal influence in both countries, and Magnus lost both his 1 A legendary list of kings gives to this Charles six predecessors of the same name.

    5

    A stroke of paralysis in 1894 fatally weakened him, but he continued at work till his death on the 22nd of March 1900.

    6

    A vaccine can also consist of the weakened toxins produced by microorganisms.

    7

    A visit to Switzerland in the summer of 1775 may not have weakened his interest in her, but it at least allowed him to regard her objectively; and, without tragic consequences on either side, the passion was ultimately allowed to yield to the dictates of common-sense.

    8

    A war afterwards broke out with the Achaean League, during which Philopoemen was captured and put to death by the Messenians (183 B.C.), but Lycortas took the city in the following year, and it again joined the Achaean League, though much weakened by the loss of Abia, Thuria and Pherae, which broke loose from it and entered the League as independent members (see Achaean League).

    9

    A weakened and enlarged aorta may allow some blood to leak back into the heart during each heartbeat; this condition is called aortic regurgitation.

    10

    Abel is probably correct in placing the inroads of the barbarous European tribes, Bithynians, Thyni, Mariandyni, &c., into Asia Minor about the beginning of the 9th century B.C. The Phrygian element on the coast was weakened and in many places annihilated; that in the interior was strengthened; and we may suppose that the kingdom of the Sangarius valley now sprang into greatness.

    11

    According to very ancient traditions accepted by the modern historians of Bohemia, the Boii, whose capital was called Boiohemum, were weakened by continual warfare with neighbouring tribes, and finally subdued by the Teutonic tribe of the Marcomanni (about 12 B.C.).

    12

    Active immunity comes from having the disease or by inoculation with antigens, such as dead organisms, weakened organisms, or toxins of organisms.

    13

    Active TB can be triggered when a person's immune system is weakened, such as from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), malnutrition, or alcohol abuse.

    14

    After Bodin's death the civil wars between his sons and relatives materially weakened the first Serb kingdom.

    15

    After Rome had been weakened by the Gallic invasion (390) Praeneste joined its foes in a long struggle with Rome.

    16

    After the passing of this resolution the cry against the House of Lords rapidly weakened, since it became clear at the by-elections (culminating at Peckham in March 1908) that the "will of the people" was by no means unanimously on the side of the bills which had failed to pass.

    17

    Again, the army was morally weakened by a haunting dread of treason, and some of the chiefs, Ney for example, took the field with disturbing visions of the consequences of their late betrayal of the Bourbon cause, in case of Napoleon's defeat.

    18

    Against a weakened and discouraged.

    19

    All of these exercises will help you add quality to your marriage, which will strengthen the weakened bond you're dealing with right now.

    20

    Although in all probability numerically superior at this time to the Romanists, the Protestants were weakened by divisions, which were becoming daily more pronounced and more serious, and partly owing to this fact the emperor was able to resist the demands of each party and to moderate their excesses.

    21

    Although most individuals do not experience any symptoms, the disease can be very serious and even fatal in fetuses, newborns, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

    22

    An attack on the Army of the Ohio near Jonesboro concluded the Atlanta campaign, which left Sherman in control of Atlanta, but hampered by the necessity of preserving his communications with Chattanooga and weakened by a total loss of 30,000 men.

    23

    An incident occurred in June 1906 which illustrated the danger which might arise if anything happened to beget the idea that the protecting power had weakened its hold.

    24

    And Doncaster will also be weakened without the Hunts, both of whom usually occupy the central midfield berths.

    25

    And some families already weakened by hunger have lost their homes, animals and winter crops to floods.

    26

    Aneurysm-A weakened area in the wall of a blood vessel which causes an outpouching or bulge.

    27

    Anhalt-Bernburg had been weakened by partitions, but its princes had added several districts to their lands; and in 1812, on the extinction of a cadet branch, it was again united under a single ruler.

    28

    Ankle and wrist braces can support weakened limbs.

    29

    Another attempt at reconciliation is set forth in the so-called " system of emanations " in which it is assumed that from the supreme divinity emanated a somewhat lesser world, from this world a second, and so on, until the divine element (of life) became so far weakened and attenuated, that the genesis of a partly, or even wholly, evil world appears both possible and comprehensible.

    30

    Antivirals may be useful in treating patients who have weakened immune systems or who are at risk for developing serious complications.

    31

    Anyone may contract salmonella food poisoning, but the disease is most serious in infants, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

    32

    As a consequence of that paralysis, but not before, the brain, already weakened by senile decay, at length gave way, and Swift sank into the dementia which preceded his death."

    33

    As a possible explanation of the facts, Erman supposes that a horde of conquering Semites, like the Arabs of a later day, imposed their language on the country, but disappeared, being weakened by the climate or absorbed by the native population.

    34

    As government weakened after the strong days of Charlemagne, and disorder, invasion, and the difficulty of intercommunication tended to throw the locality more and more upon its own resources, the officer who had once been the means of centralization, the count, found success in the effort for independence which even Charlemagne had scarcely overcome.

    35

    As has been mentioned earlier, toddlers' bites are rarely severe enough to cause a serious infection unless the bitten child has a weakened immune system.

    36

    As he says the brits are holding the market up - and maybe they are flagging a bit now as prices have weakened.

    37

    As Sweden was known to be exhausted by the long wars of Gustavus Adolphus and his successors, and weakened by internal dissensions, the dismemberment seemed an easy matter, and Peter embarked on the scheme with a light heart; but his illusions were quickly dispelled by the eccentric young Swedish king, Charles XII., who arrived suddenly in Esthonia and completely routed the Russian army before Narva.

    38

    As we stated above, the state of the economy at press time has weakened high yield accounts.

    39

    At the close of the 6th century Asia Minor had become wealthy and prosperous; but centuries of peace and over-centralization had affected the moral of the people and weakened the central government.

    40

    At this time the Czechs were much weakened by quarrels among themselves.

    41

    Attenuated-A live but weakened microorganism that can no longer produce disease.

    42

    Aurangzeb's death and the invasion of Nadir Shah led to a triple alliance among the three leading chiefs, which internal jealousy so weakened that the Mahrattas, having been called in by the Rahtors to aid them, took possession of Ajmere about 1756; thenceforward Rajputana became involved in the general disorganization of India.

    43

    Austria, weakened by the revolution, sent an envoy to London to request the mediation of England, based on a large cession of Italian territory; Lord Palmerston rejected the terms he might have obtained for Piedmont.

    44

    Bavaria's power of self-defence especially was weakened by his economies and by his lack of interest in the military aspect of things.

    45

    Bismarck realized that, in the struggle with Austria which he foresaw, Prussia could only be weakened were she to take up an attitude of opposition to the prevailing Liberal sentiment, and that to tamper with the constitution would not only be inexpedient, but useless, since special measures could always be resorted to, to meet special circumstances.

    46

    Bragg was now much weakened by successive detachments having been sent to Knoxville, and on the 24th the real battle began.

    47

    But a strong opposing current of feeling, equally passionate, set in against the Turks; war began and lasted long; and as the agitation at home and the conflict abroad went on, certain of Disraeli's colleagues, who were staunch enough at the beginning, gradually weakened.

    48

    But afterwards, when she saw her father and especially little Koko (Nicholas), her resolve weakened.

    49

    But as the rays of light, even in passing through transparent glass, lose much of their energy, which is further weakened in proportion to the distance it has to travel, the nearer the plant can be placed to the glass the more perfectly will its functions be performed; hence the importance of constructing the roofs at such an angle as will admit the most light, especially sunlight, at the time it is most required.

    50

    But by a process of successive and continued artificial cultures under different conditions, the virus of the organism is found to become attenuated; and when this weakened virus is administered, the animal is rendered immune against further attacks.

    51

    But his position was weakened when Henry VIII.

    52

    But Maximilian was regarded with suspicion by the states of Netherlands, and after suppressing a rising in Gelderland his position was further weakened by the death of his wife on the 27th of March 1482.

    53

    But the effects of his teaching weakened their power.

    54

    But the force of this tradition had been so far weakened that Abd-ar-rahman could proclaim himself caliph on the 16th of January 929, and the assumption of the title gave him increased prestige with his subjects, both in Spain and Africa.

    55

    But the growing power of the Scotch-Irish, the resentment of the Quakers against the proprietors for having gone back to the Church of England and many other circumstances strengthened the anti-proprietary power, and the assembly strove to abolish the proprietorship and establish a royal province; John Dickinson was the able leader of the party which defended the proprietors; and Joseph Galloway and Benjamin Franklin were the leaders of the anti-proprietary party, which was greatly weakened at home by the absence after December 1764 of Franklin in England as its agent.

    56

    But the hold of these opinions on the nation had been weakened with the cessation of the causes which had produced them.

    57

    But the illumination of the bow is so weakened by the repeated reflections, and the light of the sun is generally so bright, that these bows are rarely, if ever, observed except in artificial rainbows.

    58

    But the new state was weakened by factions, and after a brief and precarious existence it was forced into submission to North Carolina by which in 1790 the territory was again ceded to the national government with the proviso that no regulation made or to be made by Congress should tend to the emancipation of slaves (see Tennessee).

    59

    But the policy he pursued in turning the crusaders against Constantinople, in order to promote the interests of the republic, while serving to break up the Greek empire, created in its place a Latin state that was far too feeble to withstand the onslaught of Greek national feeling and Orthodox fanaticism; at the same time the Greeks were greatly weakened and their power of resisting the Turks consequently lessened.

    60

    But the prestige he secured by 1521 was delusive; its decline was as rapid as its growth, and the expense of the policy involved taxation which seriously weakened the loyalty of the people.

    61

    But the question of knowledge was never generalized by them, and their reply to Hume, therefore, remains partial and inadequate, while its effect is weakened by the uncritical assumption of principles which is a characteristic feature of their writings.

    62

    But the struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines in Bologna itself soon followed, and the commune was so weakened that in 1337 Taddeo de' Pepoli made himself master of the town, and in 1350 his son sold it to Giovanni Visconti of Milan.

    63

    But the wealth to which they attained in the Caucasus weakened for a time their moral fervour, and little by little they began to depart somewhat from the requirements of their belief.

    64

    But their rule was troubled by continual wars and insurrections; the support of the Beduin Arabs was imperfectly secured by pensions, which formed a heavy burden on the finances of the state; 1 and in later times the dynasty was weakened by family dissensions.

    65

    But under the prevalent conditions a vigorous rule was impossible, and during Ottos minority the royal authority was greatly weakened.

    66

    But with the Bohemian reinforcements he had still four corps in hand, and Napoleon, whose intelligence service in the difficult and intersected country had lamentably failed him, had weakened his army by detaching a portion of his force in pursuit of the beaten right wing, and against the archduke's communications.

    67

    By the judicious mission of an embassy to Rome he now obtained confirmation of the alliance which his father had previously made with the growing western power; at the same time he availed himself of the weakened state of the Syrian monarchy under Demetrius II.

    68

    By the turn of the first century bigotry was distinctly weakened.

    69

    Castlereagh brought with him decided views, which however were not altogether those of his cabinet, and his position was weakened by the fact that Great Britain was still at war with the United States, and that public opinion at home cared for little but the abolition of the slave trade.

    70

    Cats in the secondary stage will often suffer repeated bone marrow infections and weakened immunity that will make them more susceptible to external and internal pathogens.

    71

    Children who are malnourished or have weakened immune systems may be severely affected and death can result.

    72

    Chinese dressing is white and supple, but contains much powder, which is disagreeable and difficult to get rid of, and in many instances the skin is rendered so thin that the roots of the fur are weakened, which means that it is liable to shed itself freely, when subject to ordinary friction in handling or wearing.

    73

    Cigarette smoking raises the white blood cells count, activating the immune system; however, smoking causes low-grade chronic bronchitis, low birth weight infants, and weakened natural immunity in newborns.

    74

    Coke certainly stands out in a better light, not so much for his answer, which was rather indefinite, and the force of which is much weakened by his assent to the second question of the king, but for the general spirit of resistance to encroachment exhibited by him.

    75

    Conine, gelseminine and sparteine all exert a paralysing effect on the terminations of the motor nerves, to the implication of which the weakened gait and other symptoms are due.

    76

    Day after day he was tortured, and in his agony, with a frame weakened by constant austerity and the mental strain of the past months, he made every admission demanded by his tormentors.

    77

    Deaths are rare and usually occur in the very young, the very old, and people whose immune systems are already weakened.

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    Depending on the school of feng shui you practice, you can place elements into your rooms to strengthen a weakened energy.

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    Domestic bereavements added further causes of grief and of weakened vitality.

    80

    Domestic troubles in their own country weakened the English in France.

    81

    Donkeys and mules of various breeds are good, and would be better were they not so often weakened by heavy work before attaining full maturity.

    82

    Dull nail clippers will tear the nail and can rip off layers of nail and leave a jagged, weakened nail.

    83

    During the administration of Governor Clinton (1743-1753) a quarrel between the governor and James De Lancey, the chief-justice, had greatly weakened the court party, and nearly all its members supported their rivals in opposition to the Stamp Act.

    84

    During the decadence of the elder branch of the Han dynasty the Chinese supremacy was weakened, but in A.D.

    85

    During the ensuing period Dublin was the scene of constant family feuds, which weakened 1 In Anglo-Norman times the Scandinavians of Dublin and other cities are always called Ostmen, i.e.

    86

    During the Hundred Days there was a revival of the Vendean war, the suppression of which occupied a large corps of Napoleon's army, and in a measure weakened him in the northern theatre of war (see Waterloo Campaign).

    87

    During the years which succeeded the death of Sir John Macdonald a succession of losses weakened the position of the Conservative party which had held power so long.

    88

    Ecclesiastically it weakened the influence of the Catholic Church in Hungary, the Greek Orthodox Church, which permitted a married clergy and did not impose the detested tithe (the principal cause of nearly every pagan revolt) attracting thousands of adherents even among the higher clergy.

    89

    Ellis, l ater expanded, and in the process somewhat weakened, into his P liritan Age and Rule in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1629-168 5 (Boston, 1888; 3rd ed., 1891).

    90

    Enterobacter and Serratia can cause bacterial infection of the blood (bacteremia), particularly in patients with weakened immune systems.

    91

    Even a permanent magnet is susceptible of induction, its polarity becoming thereby strengthened, weakened, or possibly reversed.

    92

    Even after the Fury had killed Jaspers and badly weakened, was fighting Captain Britain, she merely watched, rigid with fear.

    93

    Even after the severe reverses which he experienced in Italy, his position in Germany was never seriously weakened; and in 1181, when, almost without striking a blow, he deprived Henry the Lion of his duchy, he seemed stronger than ever.

    94

    Even without allies, however, the Dutch continued to extend their trade and to annex fresh territory, for the British were weakened by civil war at home, while, after 1640, the Portuguese were struggling to maintain their independence against Spain.

    95

    Eventually, within weakened intestines, it can multiply in the bloodstream and cause a severe systemic yeast infection.

    96

    For a person with OPMD, surgical lifting of the eyelids may help compensate for weakened muscular control.

    97

    For example, normal x-rays can only detect osteoporosis (weakened bones) when around one-third of the bone mass has already gone.

    98

    For example, those with already weakened livers tend to fare much worse than otherwise healthy people.

    99

    For some years the emperor, with his sound common-sense and dislike of exaggeration, held the balance fairly between the two extremes; but long years of uninterrupted labour, anxiety and disappointment weakened his zeal for reform, and when radicalism assumed more and more the form of secret societies and revolutionary agitation, he felt constrained to adopt severe repressive measures.

    100

    For ten years a Germany weakened and divided by the rivalry of Philip of Swabia and Otto of Brunswick left his hands free to act in Italy, and his pontificate marks a period of comparative quiet in the ardent Empire* conflict between pope and emperor which continued throughout the middle ages.

    101

    For the moment the earl of Surrey (who in King Henry VIII.'s absence was charged with the defence of the realm) had no organized force in the north of England, but James wasted much precious time among the border castles, and when Surrey appeared at Wooler, with an army equal in strength to his own, which was now greatly weakened by privations and desertion, he had not advanced beyond Ford Castle.

    102

    France at this time was seriously weakened by internal conflict between Burgundy and French royalists.

    103

    France had subjected half the continent; but her hold on Spain was weakened by Wellington's blow at Salamanca; and now Frenchmen heard that their army in Russia was "dead."

    104

    Frequent intermarriage, often so far within the prohibited degress as to require a papal dispensation, may possibly explain the weakened vitality of the Portuguese royal family, which was now subject to epilepsy, insanity and premature decay.

    105

    From an active instrument of the religious society, the archiepiscopate degenerated into a purely formal power; while the episcopate itself, which the sincere reformers wished to liberate and purge in order to strengthen it, emerged from the crisis sensibly weakened as well as ameliorated.

    106

    From information he had received the evening before, from the sound of wheels and footsteps heard by the outposts during the night, by the disorderly movement of the Russian columns, and from all indications, he saw clearly that the allies believed him to be far away in front of them, and that the columns moving near Pratzen constituted the center of the Russian army, and that that center was already sufficiently weakened to be successfully attacked.

    107

    From this time forward the English, ruined, demoralized and weakened both by the death of the duke of Bedford and the beginnings of the Wars of the Roses, continued to lose territory on every recurrence of conflict.

    108

    From whatever cause the resisting power of the tissue elements is thus weakened, the invasion of other tissue elements is then allowed to take place.

    109

    Furtherand this case no legislation can coverthe contingent, and (what is more serious) the reserves, are being steadily weakened by emigration.

    110

    Good hygiene of the lungs is critical for health and long-term survival of a person with weakened ventilatory muscles.

    111

    Gradually his grip weakened and then his eyes closed.

    112

    Harm Badly affected plants can be so weakened they are unable to withstand winter frosts.

    113

    He continued the policy of improving relations with Austria, which did not contribute to his popularity; after the annexation of Bosnia and the Herzegovina his imprudently worded speech at Carate created the illusion that Italy was to be compensated, perhaps by the cession of the Trentino, and the disappointment when nothing of the kind materialized greatly weakened his prestige.

    114

    He greatly weakened the position of the Confederacy by a speech delivered at Savannah (March 21, 1861) in which he declared that slavery was its corner-stone.

    115

    He handed the demon a small pouch that contained the concentrated magic of Hell.  One pouch wasn't enough to break through Death's weakened barriers, but three would.

    116

    Healing left her weakened, and she leaned against the counter.

    117

    Henry thus gained a basis in the Levant; while the death of Saladin in 1193, followed by a civil war between his brother, Malik-alAdil, and his sons for the possession of his dominions, weakened the position of the Mahommedans.

    118

    Her long reign had not lacked intelligence and even greatness; she alone, amid all these princes, warped by self-indulgence or weakened by discord, had behaved like a statesman, and she alone understood the obligations of the government she had inherited.

    119

    His attack on Thuringia ended in his defeat at Lucka in 1307, and, in the same year, the death of his son Rudolph weakened his position in eastern Europe.

    120

    His bouts of pleasure gradually weakened his constitution; a severe colic, which seized him on the march of the army against Hamadan, was checked by remedies so violent that Avicenna could scarcely stand.

    121

    His closing years were weakened by a severe fall he met with in 1657.

    122

    His faith in Federalism was weakened by the party's opposition to the War of 1812, and he gradually became associated with the Jacksonian wing of the Republican party.

    123

    His health, always delicate, had been further weakened, according to popular report, by a slow poison prepared for him by the king of Navarre.

    124

    His health, never strong, had been further weakened by the hard living which was usual at the time.

    125

    His influence was weakened, however, by his cynicism and by his ultra-aristocratic views.

    126

    His naturally feeble constitution, further weakened by excessive study, broke down finally in 1832.

    127

    His party, however, was weakened by disunion, and he won no serious support in Scotland.

    128

    His position, however, rapidly weakened.

    129

    His power was greatly weakened and a year later was overthrown, the Boers in Natal (January 1840) supporting his brother Mpande (usually called Panda) in rebellion against him.

    130

    His unskilful and unlucky management of the sea expedition to Ferrol and the Azores in no way lowered his popularity with the people, but undoubtedly weakened his influence with the queen.

    131

    His will-power had early been undermined by the opium habit, and was further weakened by the sensual excesses that ultimately killed him.

    132

    Hoisting ropes are weakened by deterioration and breakage of the wires, due to corrosion and repeated bending, and should be kept under careful inspection.

    133

    Hoisting ropes are weakened by deterioration and breakage of the wires, due to corrosion and repeated bending.

    134

    Hospitalization and death are much more likely to occur in children whose immune systems are weakened or who have underlying diseases of the lungs and heart.

    135

    However unlike other weakened viruses, varicella zoster remains in the cell rather than being secreted from the cell and collected from the culture medium.

    136

    However weakened by losses, they could hardly fail to maintain so short and strong a line as this.

    137

    However, the buyer needs to beware - often the gowns may be of a high quality but also well-used, with defects such as heel holes in the trains or missing trim and weakened seams.

    138

    However, when a large number of organisms are encountered at once or when the immune system is weakened, the usual defenses may be overwhelmed and infection may occur.

    139

    If allowed to remain under water too long, the fibre is weakened by what is termed " over-retting," a condition which increases the amount of codilla in the scutching process; whilst " under-retting " leaves part of the gummy or resinous matter in the material, which hinders the subsequent process of manufacture.

    140

    If the child has a weakened immune system, the doctor will prescribe either amoxicillin or erythromycin.

    141

    If the child or adolescent has a weakened immune system or a debilitating chronic disease, healing is more problematic.

    142

    If the rider or person injured was behaving in an irresponsible, reckless fashion, their claim against the park will be drastically weakened.

    143

    If this had been done the power of the Reichstag over the administration would have been seriously weakened; its assent would no longer have been required for either the number of the army or the money.

    144

    If you over pick your plant it may become weakened.

    145

    If you're doing it right and still feel pain, it may be time to check in with a professional; some injuries feel very similar to weakened rotator cuffs, but may require more thorough treatment.

    146

    Immune systems may be weakened because of cancer chemotherapy, medications given after organ transplantation, or diseases that significantly lower immune resistance like acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

    147

    Immunodeficiency-A condition in which the body's immune response is damaged, weakened, or is not functioning properly.

    148

    In 1171 Alphonso concluded a seven years' truce with the Moors; weakened by his wound and by old age, he could no longer take the field, and when the war broke out afresh he delegated the chief command to his son Sancho.

    149

    In 1314 Albert's son, Frederick, was chosen German king in opposition to Louis IV., duke of Upper Bavaria, afterwards the emperor Louis IV., and Austria was weakened by the efforts of the Habsburgs to sustain Frederick in his contest with Louis, and also by the struggle carried on between another brother, Leopold, and the Swiss.

    150

    In 1370 an insurrection of the weavers was suppressed; but in 1396, the rule of the patricians, having been weakened by internal dissensions, a bloodless revolution led to the establishment of a comparatively democratic constitution, based on the organization of the trade and craft gilds, which lasted with but slight modification till the French Revolution.

    151

    In 1552 they were further weakened by a large secession known as "the Chaldeans" arising out of a dispute about the succession to the patriarchate.

    152

    In 1815 Napoleon was not supported by a united and unanimous France; the country was weakened by internal dissensions at the very moment when it was needful to put every man in line to meet the rising tide of invasion surging against the long curving eastern frontier.

    153

    In 1885, he injected his attenuated (weakened) virus into a nine-year-old boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog.

    154

    In addition, there is a blood test for fifth disease, but it is generally used only for pregnant women and for people who have weakened immune systems or who suffer from blood disorders, such as sickle cell anemia.

    155

    In children with weakened immune systems or with anemia, the virus can be quite serious causing severe anemia.

    156

    In most cases, though, straps break because they've become weakened from wear or there are plastic or metal pieces that can bend and break.

    157

    In order to preserve popular favor and their direction of the Republic, the Girondins had not dared to pronounce against the sentence of death, but had demanded an appeal to the people which was rejected; morally weakened by this equivocal attitude they were still more so by foreign events.

    158

    In people with weakened immune systems, CMV infection can cause more serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses.

    159

    In rare instances it is possible to contract the weakened vaccine strain of varicella from a recently vaccinated child.

    160

    In Rome the popes authority weakened day by day, and disorder increased.

    161

    In so-called High German, many once strongly emphasized syllables have been weakened, flattened, making them almost soundless.

    162

    In some cases the inflamed tissue becomes weakened and stretches, producing a bulge in the wall of the vessel known as an aneurysm.

    163

    In some instances as the mildew grows and spreads it eats fabric fibers causing them to become weakened.

    164

    In the former case the retardation of phase varies so little with the period that the intensity is nearly the same for all colours; in the latter case it alters so rapidly that for a small change in the period the intensity passes from a maximum or a minimum, and consequently so many constituents of the light are weakened and these are so close to one another in frequency, that the light presents to the eye the appearance of being white.

    165

    In these cases, the stroke is caused by a weakened artery bursting, which allows blood to seep out of the artery wall.

    166

    In this romance the interest of the narrative is weakened by a superabundance of historical and archaeological detail.

    167

    In view of the other points of 1 It has been suggested that Saphon, which is often rather troublesome if rendered "the north," may be a weakened form of .ib'on, a affinity between Joel and Ezekiel, this word inevitably suggests Gog and Magog, and it is difficult to see how a swarm of locusts could receive such a name, or if they came from the north could perish; as the verse puts it, in the desert between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

    168

    In weakened conditions of the system from improper or insufficient food, or as a result of any drain upon the body, or in anaemia from any cause, and in such diseases as syphilis or malaria, neuralgia is a frequent concomitant.

    169

    Infants and children constantly exposed to cigarette smoke have weakened immune systems.

    170

    Infected individuals with weakened immune systems may require lifetime drug treatment to keep the infection from recurring.

    171

    Infestation with huge numbers of mites (on the order of thousands to millions) occurs when an individual does not scratch or when an individual has a weakened immune system.

    172

    Instead of showing the Romans the caravan route, he induced them to sail from Cleopatris to Leucocome, and then led them by a circuitous way through waterless regions, so that they reached South Arabia too much weakened to effect anything.

    173

    Intense application during early youth had weakened a constitution never robust, and led to accesses of feverish exaltation culminating, in the spring of 1761, in an attack of bilious hypochondria, which permanently lowered the tone of his nervous system.

    174

    Is it a Man cast down in the divine wrath, His strength weakened in the way, His days shortened?

    175

    It any state most plants feed greedily upon it, and when pure or free from decaying wood or sticks it is a very safe ingredient in composts; but it is so liable to generate fungus, and the mycelium or spawn of certain fungi is so injurious to the roots of trees, attacking them if at all sickly or weakened by drought, that many cultivators prefer not' to mix leaf-mould with the soil used for permanent plants, as peaches or choice ornamental trees.

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    It can also occur when a person is weakened due to alcohol abuse, suffering from an infection or any other illness.

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    It contains live, but weakened, influenza virus and is administered as a nasal spray.

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    It contains the live, but weakened, poliovirus and because OPV uses the live virus, it has the potential to cause infection in individuals with weak immune defenses (both in the person who receives the vaccine and in close contacts).

    179

    It had to wait two centuries after the revolution of 987 before it was strong enough to take up the dormant tradition of an authority like that of Rome; and until then it cunningly avoided unequal strife in which, victory being impossible, reverses might have weakened those titles, higher than any due to feudal rights, conferred by the heritage of the Caesars and the coronation at Reims, and held in reserve for the future.

    180

    It is also possible to argue, as WH did, on the same side, that the purest form of text was preserved in Alexandria, from which the oldest uncials are directly or indirectly derived, but this argument has been weakened if not finally disposed of by the evidence of Clement of Alexandria.

    181

    It is believed that the infection usually develops after the bowel wall has already been weakened or damaged by a lack of oxygen, predisposing it to bacterial invasion.

    182

    It is more slender in habit than many of our flowering trees, and often weakened in the crowded masses of the shrubbery.

    183

    It is not known whether the weakened virus used for VZV can remain dormant in the body, eventually causing shingles in the same way that the naturally occurring varicella virus can.

    184

    It is possible that rehabilitation, including retraining the brain through facial exercises, or even surgical correction for weakened facial muscles can be necessary in extreme cases.

    185

    It is rather significant that this spread of astrology should have been concomitant with the intellectual impulse that led to the rise of a genuine scientific phase of astronomy in Babylonia itself, which must have weakened to some extent the hold that astrology had on the priests and the people.

    186

    It is true that many of these ranges are characterized by the rounded tops and the rather evenly slanting, waste-covered slopes which ncrmally result from the long-continued action of the ordinary agencies of erosion; that they bear little snow in summer and are practically wanting in glaciers; that forests are often scanty on the middle and lower slopes, the mord so because of devastation by fires; and that the general impression of great altitude is much weakened because the mountains are seen from a base which itself is 5000 or 6000 ft.

    187

    It is weakened only by surface imperfections, which give everyday glass its fragile reputation.

    188

    It precipitated the RussoTurkish war of 1828-1829, and, by annihilating the Ottoman navy, weakened the resisting power of Turkey to Russia and later to Mehemet Ali.

    189

    It seemed scarcely possible that these greatly weakened forces could resist the renewed attacks of the victorious armies which had followed so closely upon their heels.

    190

    It speaks well for the patriotic devotion and discipline of her commons that Athens, weakened by plague and military disasters, should have withstood for so long the blows of her numerous enemies from without, and the damage inflicted by traitors within her walls (see Antiphon, Theramenes).

    191

    It was a Confederate failure, but not a Union victory, and, each side being weakened by about io,000 men, neither made any movements for the next three weeks.

    192

    It was believed that the resulting scar weakened the uterus wall and was at risk of rupture in subsequent deliveries.

    193

    It was the fall of Constantinople that first weakened the vital force of the Eastern Church.

    194

    It was to be suggested that the Trials themselves weakened Soviet Russia, considered the main bulwark against fascism.

    195

    It's important to remember that children, elderly and those with weakened immune systems are generally at higher risk for severe reactions and complications from stings.

    196

    Its ecclesiolae in ecclesia also weakened the power and meaning of church organization.

    197

    Its influence, however, was weakened by the death of Fox, and in consequence of a minute drawn up by Grenville and some of his colleagues the king demanded from his ministers an assurance that in future they would not urge upon him any measures for the relief of Roman Catholics.

    198

    Its purpose is to repair over-processed hair that suffers from a weakened cuticle.

    199

    Jule was beginning to think death was better than his weakened state.

    200

    Katie wasn't sure if the homemade alcohol was stronger than normal or if her weakened state made her more vulnerable to its effects.

    201

    Learning of the weakened condition of Taylor's force he made a sudden advance to the northward, with some 20,000 troops, and on the 22nd of February 1847 encountered Taylor with one-fourth that number at Buena Vista, a few miles beyond Saltillo.

    202

    Lee still held the battlefield of Fredericksburg and had not attempted the offensive, and in April he was much weakened by thedetachmentof Longstreet's corps to a minor theatre of operations.

    203

    Lord Cranborne, Lord Carnarvon and General Peel, refused to be parties to the measure, and resigned office, the government being necessarily weakened by these defections.

    204

    Many geologists fear catastrophic results, especially as construction is on a substructure weakened by geothermal fissures.

    205

    Many sanguinary broils now ensued, in the course of which Jugjevan was murdered, and the executive authority was much weakened by the usurpations of the Arabs and other chiefs.

    206

    Martin Van Buren, then in the Crawford interest, came to the conclusion that the candidate for the second place, by his foreign origin, weakened the ticket, and in October Gallatin retired from the contest.

    207

    Maybe the half-breed's demon blood hasn't weakened him as much as it could.

    208

    Meanwhile Acragas, deeming Agathocles and the barbarians alike weakened, proclaimed freedom for the Sicilian cities under her own headship. Many towns, both Greek and Sicel, joined the confederacy.

    209

    Military resistance was weakened by the defection of the navy.

    210

    Months or even years later, however, the disease can become reactivated in different organs if the immune system is weakened.

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    Moreover, children with weakened immune systems should not receive a live virus vaccine such as VZV.

    212

    Most cat scratches do not require professional medical treatment unless the wound appears infected or the scratched person has a weakened immune system.

    213

    My resolve weakened when I read the dust jacket 's summaries, and I'm glad it did.

    214

    Nestorianism had sprung from an exaggeration of the theology of the school of Antioch, and the schism weakened that patriarchate and its dependencies.

    215

    No territorial changes within the Peninsula followed the Crimean War; but the continuance of the weakened authority of the Porte tended indirectly to the independent development of the various nationalities.

    216

    None of these political changes weakened the independent spirit of the Bearnais.

    217

    Not only was Syria thus weakened by being detached from the body of the Seljukian empire; it was divided by dissensions within, and assailed by the Fatimite caliph of Egypt from without.

    218

    On his release, overwrought and weakened by six months spent "in the common gaol and dungeon," he performed what was almost the only and certainly the most pronounced act of his life which had the appearance of wild fanaticism.

    219

    On the 7th of December the princess was herself attacked, and, being weakened by nursing and anxiety, had not strength to resist the disease, which proved fatal on the 14th of December, the seventeenth anniversary of her father's death.

    220

    On the great question of the veto he took a practical view, and seeing that the royal power was already sufficiently weakened, declared for the king's absolute veto and against the compromise of the suspensive veto.

    221

    On the other hand Mendelssohn by his pragmatic conception of religion (specially in his Jerusalem) weakened the belief of certain minds in the absolute truth of Judaism, and thus his own grandchildren (including the famous musician Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) as well as later Heine, Borne, Gans and Neander, embraced Christianity.

    222

    On the other hand, if 1 were disproved, 4 would immediately fall through, and the strength of 5 would be weakened (as it would also by the disproof of 2), because the argument for the date of many Psalms is derived from religious ideas and the significance of these varies greatly according as the Priestly Code is held to be early or late.

    223

    On the other hand, the leaders of the Left, Barnave and the Lameths, felt that they had weakened the executive power too much.

    224

    On the political and administrative side the struggle of the Poles was weakened by the faults which had been the ruin of their kingdom - f action pushed to the point of anarchy, want.

    225

    On the whole, the interference of the Comneni, if it checked Zengi for the moment in 1138, may be said to have ultimately weakened and distracted the Franks, and to have helped to cause the loss of Edessa (1144), which marks the turning-point in the history of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

    226

    Once your heart has weakened, it needs to work harder to accomplish its tasks because it pumps blood through your circulatory system less efficiently.

    227

    One of his first acts on reaching London was the issue of his Humble Addresses to the Lord Protector, but its effect was weakened by the issue of Prynne's able but unfair Short Demurrer.

    228

    One of the best indications of actual winter weather, as apart from the arrival of winter by the calendar, is the development of cyclonic disturbances of such strength that the change frcm their warm, sirocco-like southerly inflow hi front of their centre, to the cold wave of their rear produces lion-periodic temperature changes strong enough to overcome the weakened diurnal temperature changes of the cold season, a relation which practically never occurs in summer time.

    229

    Opportunistic bacterial infections that take advantage of a weakened respiratory system may cause ear, sinus, and throat infections or pneumonia.

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    Opportunistic infection-An infection that is normally mild in a healthy individual, but which takes advantage of an ill person's weakened immune system to move into the body, grow, spread, and cause serious illness.

    231

    Osteogenesis imperfecta-An inherited disorder of the connective tissues that involves multiple symptoms, including weakened bones that break easily.

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    Osteogensis imperfecta-An inherited disorder of the connective tissue which involves multiple symptoms, including weakened bones that break easily.

    233

    Other opponents were weakened by the audacious stroke of 1223, when the justiciar suddenly announced the resumption of all the castles, sheriffdoms and other grants which had been made since the king's accession.

    234

    Other symptoms include coughing, fainting, pale gums and weakened immune system.

    235

    Over the last few days he had weakened rapidly.

    236

    Pasteur found that the germs of anthrax could be cultivated outside the body and their virulence weakened either by growing them at too high a temperature or in an unsuitable medium.

    237

    Peace and prosperity gradually weakened the benign rule of the kings of this dynasty, and during the reign of the last but one internecine war was rife between the chiefs and nobles of U and Tsang.

    238

    People with chronic lung disease, asthma, diabetes, or a weakened immune system are more likely to develop these complications.

    239

    People with OSA may experience a weakened heart rate recovery after exercising, which indicates that the autonomic system's ability to regulate heart rate is out of balance.

    240

    People with weakened or suppressed immune systems, such as AIDS patients or those who have had organ transplants, are particularly vulnerable to the potentially serious complications of infectious mononucleosis.

    241

    Persons at particular risk for listeriosis include the elderly, pregnant women, newborns, and those with a weakened immune system (called immunocompromised).

    242

    Physical therapy and activity are used to maintain range of motion in weakened muscles and to compensate for loss of coordination and strength.

    243

    Polyester fibers exposed to UV radiation will be considerably weakened over time.

    244

    Poor digestion and a weakened immune system can lead to this pollen allergy.

    245

    Poorly nourished children often have weakened immune systems, thus increasing their chances of illness.

    246

    Prince Andrew's joyous feeling was considerably weakened as he approached the door of the minister's room.

    247

    Returning to England to raise money for a fresh crusade, he was received with great state in London; but his acceptance of the cardinalate had weakened his position and Gloucester refused to recognize his legatine commission.

    248

    Sagas exist showing all these phases, some primitive and rough, some refined and beautified, some diluted and weakened, according as their copyists have been faithful, artistic or foolish; for the first generation of MSS.

    249

    Second the knowledge, i.e. the ontology, can be weakened or, third, translated into another representation formalism.

    250

    Secondary strep infections invade tissue already weakened by injury or illness.

    251

    She did not give her consent even to the suppression of torture in legal procedure without hesitation, lest the authority of the law should be weakened.

    252

    Since such a meeting had first been proposed by a state convention of Mississippi, the famous Compromise Measures of 1850 had been introduced in Congress and the support of the movement had been greatly weakened thereby except in South Carolina and Mississippi.

    253

    Since their immune systems are weakened, they suffer from frequent infections.

    254

    So long as he held aloof from Ledru-Rollin and the more radical of his colleagues, the disunion resulting weakened the government; as soon as he effected an approximation to them the middle classes fell off from him.

    255

    So long as the Mongol empire remained united and strong, they were most submissive and 1362- obsequious, but as soon as it was weakened by internal 1389.

    256

    Spike was in town to find a cure for his weakened mate.

    257

    Standing aid RAISA The safe and comfortable standing and transfer aid to help people with weakened leg musculature.

    258

    Still this union was unpopular and weakened the position of King Alexander in the army and the country.

    259

    Subsequently, as the central power of the German sovereign became weakened, the Rhineland followed the general tendency and split up into numerous small independent principalities, each with its separate vicissitudes and special chronicles.

    260

    Such increase would give rise to excessive reaction, which, in tissues already weakened, might actually produce.

    261

    Such strict Calvinism was the strength also of the Westminster Confession (see below), but was soon weakened in Germany.

    262

    Tearing a weakened knee joint or dropping dead on the treadmill after pushing yourself too hard may be somewhat counterproductive in your quest for ripped abs.

    263

    That measure had weakened the influence of the crown by limiting its patronage.

    264

    The absence of a Bill of Rights from the constitution as first adopted had been the point on which the opposition had made common cause, and the adoption of this now greatly weakened the same opposition.

    265

    The antibodies "practice" on the weakened viruses, preparing the immune system to destroy real and stronger viruses in the future.

    266

    The antibodies are produced to fight the weakened or dead viruses in the vaccine.

    267

    The aorta may be fatally weakened by a lack of mature elastin in animals deprived of dietary copper.

    268

    The belief in the imminent collapse of the Ottoman dominion was weakened almost to extinction; so was the belief, which inspired the treaty cf 1856, in the capacity of Turkey to reform and develop itself on European lines.

    269

    The body's immune system is often weakened, behavioral development is slow, and mental retardation may occur.

    270

    The boy will widen his stance to maintain balance and walk with a waddling gait to advance his weakened legs.

    271

    The British, by holding their ground with their accustomed tenacity when engaged with superior numbers, were tactically victors, but were further weakened by a loss of nearly 600 men.

    272

    The case for trade union affiliation to the Labor Party is not weakened by these criticisms.

    273

    The central power had become weakened and the central organization relaxed while the electorate had lost most of the advantages which formerly distinguished it from other German fiefs.

    274

    The claim of the Durani Afghan to be a true Ben-i-Israel is certainly in no way weakened by any recent investigation.

    275

    The clay roof, rather than the walls of this crevice of sand, gave way and pressed down to fill the vacancy, and the leakage worked up along the weakened plane of tangential strain bd.

    276

    The cogency of Toland's arguments was weakened by his manifest love of paradox.

    277

    The colonists were strong enough to send large forces to the king in his Scottish wars, but as there was no corresponding immigration this really weakened the English, whose best hopes lay in agriculture and the arts of peace, while the Celtic race waxed proportionally numerous.

    278

    The consular cities were everywhere surrounded by castles; and, though the feudal lords had been weakened by the events of the preceding centuries, they continued to be formidable enemies.

    279

    The cotton has not been weakened through the use of chemicals and therefore will last many years if looked after.

    280

    The councils of the conspirators were weakened by divided opinions as to the ultimate aim of their policy; and no clearly thought-out scheme of operations appears to have been arrived at when Emmet left Paris for Ireland in October 1802.

    281

    The cumbrous mythology and cosmogony of Mithraism at last weakened its hold upon men's minds, and it disappeared during the 4th century before a victorious Catholicism, yet not until another faith, equally Iranian in its mythology mad cosmological beliefs, had taken its place.

    282

    The cycle completely breaks down and is weakened.

    283

    The Dalcassian forces had been so much weakened by the great struggle that Maelsechlainn was again recognized as king of Ireland.

    284

    The death of his wife in August 1212 had weakened his hold on the southern duchies, and he was soon confined to the district of the lower Rhine, although supported by money from his uncle King John of England.

    285

    The death of Mary weakened William's position and made it necessary to cultivate good relations with the princess.

    286

    The death, in 1565, of Black Radziwill, the chief opponent of the union, still further weakened the Lithuanians, and the negotiations were reopened with more prospect of success at the diet which met at Lublin on the 10th of January 1569.

    287

    The departure of Count Maurice, moreover, had seriously weakened the position of the Dutch, for his successors had neither his conciliatory manners nor his capacity.

    288

    The diligent company weathered the quartz craze of the 1970s to emerge weakened but alive and even more committed to its principal mission of superior quality and affordability.

    289

    The ease with which so important a conquest had been effected encouraged Justinian to attack the Ostrogoths of Italy, whose kingdom, though vast in extent, for it included part of south-eastern Gaul, Raetia, Dalmatia and part of Pannonia, as Well as Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, had been grievously weakened by the death first of the great Theodoric, and some years later of his grandson Athalaric, so that the Gothic nation was practically without a head.

    290

    The English power in Guienne was weakened by the disastrous Spanish expedition of the Black Prince, whom Charles summoned before the parlement of Paris in January 1369 to answer the charges preferred against him by his subjects, thus expressly repudiating the English supremacy in Guienne.

    291

    The equable temperature of these cellars and their freedom from drought is one cause of their great success; to this must be added the natural virgin spawn, for by continually using spawn taken from mushroom-producing beds the potency for reproduction is weakened.

    292

    The extensions, the changes or the qualifications, of old doctrines, which at any rate in the works of responsible writers are rarely made without good if not always sufficient reason, have modified very considerably the whole science, and weakened the confidence of ordinary educated men in its conclusions.

    293

    The fact, moreover, that although he had some speculative tendencies in favour of popular liberties, and even perhaps of republicanism, he represented no real political principle, inevitably weakened his position, and when the break up of the Fronde came he was left in the lurch, having more than once in the meanwhile been in no small danger from his own party.

    294

    The fairs of Leipzig and Frankfort-on-Main rose in importance as Novgorod, the stronghold of Hanse trade in the East, was weakened by the attacks of Ivan III.

    295

    The garrison, though already weakened by privation and sickness, made a stubborn resistance, and after one of the fiercest engagements of the war, repulsed the attack at Caesar's Camp and Wagon Hill with severe loss to the enemy, itself having 500 casualties.

    296

    The Golden Horde, long weakened by internal dissensions, had now fallen into several khanates, the chief of which were Kazan, Astrakhan and the Crimea.

    297

    The historians quite falsely represent Napoleon's faculties as having weakened in Moscow, and do so only because the results did not justify his actions.

    298

    The hold of the Church of Rome on Bohemia had already been weakened during the reign of King Charles by attacks on the immorality of the clergy, which proceeded from pious priests such as Mille and Waldhauser.

    299

    The Hussite movement further weakened the spell of the Church.

    300

    The inevitable lack of cohesion among the petty states weakened the national cause.

    301

    The influence of the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollerns was weakened by several partitions of its lands; but early in the 16th century it rose to some eminence through Count Eitel Frederick II.

    302

    The larvae of the ribbon-footed corn-fly (Chlorops taeniopus) caused great injury to the barley crop in Great Britain in 1893, when the plant was weakened by extreme drought.

    303

    The league was further weakened by the secession of Corcyra, and by 355 was reduced to Athens, Euboea and a few islands.

    304

    The lines are broadened (as was already known), the intensity of emission is much increased, but some are weakened and some strengthened, nor is the amount of broadening the same for all lines, nor is it always symmetrical, being sometimes greater on the red side; but besides the effect of unsymmetrical broadening, every line is displaced towards the red; different lines again behave differently, and they may be arranged somewhat roughly in a few groups according to their behaviour; reversals are also effected, and the reversed line does not always correspond with the most intense part of the emission line.

    305

    The Lombard republicans had been greatly weakened by the events of 1848, but Mazzini still believed that a bold act by a few revolutionists would make the people rise en masse and expel the Austrians.

    306

    The loss of these two arsenals seriously weakened the Chinese capacity to wage war.

    307

    The mass as a whole, then, consists of 96.4 parts of metallic matrix, which itself is in effect a 0.415% carbon rail steel, weakened and embrittled by having its continuity broken up by this skeleton of graphite forming 3.6% of the whole mass by weight, or say 12% by volume.

    308

    The measure for India weakened the influence of the crown by giving a mass of patronage to the party which the king hated.

    309

    The measure transferred the right of electing members of the Reichsrath from the diets to the direct vote of the people, the result being to deprive the Federalists of their chief weapon; it was no longer possible to take a formal vote of the legal representatives in any territory refusing to appoint deputies, and if a Czech or Slovene member did not take his seat the only result was that a single constituency was unrepresented, and the opposition weakened.

    310

    The minister was hated as a foreigner, and the childhood of the king weakened the royal authority.

    311

    The ministerial majority was over three hundred, and although the Extreme Left was somewhat increased in numbers it was weakened in tone, and many of the newly elected reds were hardly more than pale pink.

    312

    The months of absence, however, the change he had undergone, and doubtless those lighter loves of which the Romische Elegien bear evidence, weakened the Weimar memories; if he left Weimar as Frau von Stein's lover he returned only as her friend; and she naturally resented the change.

    313

    The native dynasty has been strengthened rather than weakened, and Tunisia may be pointed out as the best and wisest example of French administration over an alien land and race.

    314

    The New Driver Act is weakened by the lack of accompanying P plates.

    315

    The New Orleans police department was weakened by desertion.

    316

    The notion that the Arab invaders were welcomed and assisted by the Copts, driven to desperation by the persecution of Cyrus, appears to be refuted by the fact that the invaders treated both Copts and Romans with the same ruthlessness; but the dissensions which prevailed in the Christian communities, leading to riots and even civil war in Alexandria and elsewhere, probably weakened resistance to the common enemy.

    317

    The Olay Pro X line, then, is formulated to repair weakened moisture barriers in aging skin by increasing the cellular turnover rate.

    318

    The other instructor ignored Taylor's refusal and flew south, but as the instructor grew closer to the Keys, Taylor's transmissions weakened.

    319

    The papacy was weakened by its contest with these adverse elements, and it was through its failure to triumph over them that its dream of European dominion, both temporal and spiritual, entered but very incompletely into the field of realities.

    320

    The political influence of the crown, moreover, had inevitably been weakened, and the conduct of foreign affairs passed from the hands of the king into the hands of the Rigsraad.

    321

    The reason of this appears to he that the diplococcus is frequently present in the mouth or air-passages without giving rise to any symptoms; but when the patient is exposed to chill, and the tissues of the respiratory passages are thereby weakened, the diplococcus grows, multiplies and gives rise to inflammation of the lungs.

    322

    The Republican party was still further weakened by the defection of a large body of independents, known as " Mugwumps."

    323

    The result of this was not to eliminate dogma from medicine, though it weakened the authority of the old dogma.

    324

    The retreat of the Arabs, who were further weakened by religious disputes, enabled him to restore Frankish rule in Aquitaine in spite of Hunald, son of Odo.

    325

    The revolt of Portugal (December 1640) weakened the Spanish power, and involved the loss to Spain of "the the Portuguese colonies.

    326

    The Russians have abolished slavery; and their rule has put an end to the interminable intestine struggles which had weakened and desolated the whole region.

    327

    The same principle is applied to all five elements and how the natural element cycle can be interrupted and weakened.

    328

    The second phase involves replenishing essential nutrients slowly to prevent taxing the patient's weakened system with more food than it can handle.

    329

    The sense of the damnatory clauses has, however, not been weakened.

    330

    The split in the Radical party over Boulangism weakened his hands, and its collapse made his help unnecessary to the moderate republicans.

    331

    The stages of the process (marked by the Valerio-Horatian laws of 449 B.C., the Publilian law of 339 B.C., and the Hortensian law of 287 B.C.) are unknown; but it is probable that the two first of the laws progressively weakened the discretionary power of senate and consuls in admitting such petitions; and that the Hortensian law fully recognized the right of resolutions of the plebs (plebiscita) to bind the whole community.

    332

    The townsman enriched by commerce and the emancipated peasant tried more or less valiantly to shake off the yoke of the feudal system, which had been greatly weakened, if not entirely broken down, by the crusades.

    333

    The true character of the light in this case may be revealed by analysing it with a spectroscope, when a spectrum is obtained traversed by dark bands corresponding to the constituents that are weakened or annulled.

    334

    The union thus brought about between the two Churches was, however, extremely distasteful to the Greeks, and the persecution of his "schismatic" subjects to which the emperor was compelled to resort weakened his power so much that Martin IV.

    335

    The visitors were weakened by the loss of club captain Shane Nicholson and former Forest centre-back Steve Blatherwick, both still sidelined with injuries.

    336

    The war, chiefly marked by another great siege of Messina, went on till 1302, when both sides were thoroughly weakened and eager for peace.

    337

    The wars of the French Revolution and of the emperor Napoleon, in which Spain was entangled, interrupted its communications with its colonies, and weakened its hold on them.

    338

    The weakened immune system as a result of continued exposure to molds will cause you to be more likely to pick up other illness in your environment.

    339

    The weakened muscle reduces or eliminates wrinkling and prevents new wrinkles from being formed.

    340

    The weakened signal indicated that the two planes were flying further away from each other in opposite directions.

    341

    The weakened virus induces a child's immune system to develop antibodies against the varicella virus without causing the disease.

    342

    The wild excesses of his youth and their terrible punishment had weakened his strong constitution, and his parliamentary labours completed the work.

    343

    Their kingdom, too, was divided and weakened by the fierce hostility between the orthodox Christians and those who professed Arianism.

    344

    Their power, however, which had been seriously weakened by Cromwell's victory at Dunbar in September 1651, was practically destroyed when Charles II.

    345

    Their strength had been seriously weakened by the overthrow of Roosebeke, but Philip on his accession found them once more advancing rapidly in power and prosperity.

    346

    Then suddenly invading the Ernestine lands while the elector John Frederick was campaigning against the imperialists on the Danube, he forced that prince to return hastily to Saxony, and thus weakened the forces opposed to the emperor.

    347

    There have been many more effective orators, for lack of imaginative suppleness prevented him from penetrating to the inner mind of his hearers; defects in delivery weakened the intrinsic persuasiveness of his reasoning; and he had not that commanding authority of character and personality which has so often been the secret of triumphant eloquence.

    348

    These are not a result of an organ protruding through weakened muscle tissue but rather are a result of a much larger defect of the muscles of the abdomen that causes the internal organs to develop outside the body.

    349

    These discoveries not only weakened or destroyed the respect for authority in matters of science, but brought about a marked tendency to mechanical explanations of life and disease.

    350

    These Ephthalite attacks harassed and weakened the Sassanids, exactly as the Tocharians had harassed and weakened the Arsacids after Phraates II.

    351

    These incessant wars weakened the Mahommedans, to the great advantage of the rising power of the Christian kings of Leon and Castile, but they gave the kingdom of Seville a certain superiority over the other little states.

    352

    These tribal dynasties of Rajputs were gradually supplanted by the Moslem invaders of the 11th century and weakened by internal feuds.

    353

    These violent oscillations not only weakened the fabric of the Republic, but brought about a situation in which Bonaparte easily paralysed both the executive and the legislative powers so ill co-ordinated by the constitution of the year 1795.

    354

    They have a weakened immune system due to HIV/AIDS.

    355

    They know that Man is weakened, become frail.

    356

    They thereby averted the need to build up their domestic state capacities, which indeed could only be weakened by external dependence.

    357

    Thinner doors will be weakened by fitting mortice locks, so robust deadlocking rim locks should be used.

    358

    This can be tricky if your wand is thin - too much carving and your wand is weakened and could easily snap in two.

    359

    This condition leads to increased amounts of calcium in the blood, kidney stones, weakened bones, and nervous system depression.

    360

    This exaggerated argument found a certain number of supporters, several of whom nevertheless sensibly weakened it.

    361

    This feeling was not weakened by the advent of Christianity, in fact, we may say that it was appreciably strengthened.

    362

    This g Y P Y PP Y infamous law, however, aroused so much opposition that some of the very men who had proposed it assembled in secret to discuss its abolition, and a quarrel between the Albizzi and the Ricci having weakened the parte, a balia of 56 was agreed upon.

    363

    This is also caused by the presence of a microbe, of which the virus can also be attenuated, and by inoculation of this weakened virus the animal rendered immune.

    364

    This is an infection that most commonly affects persons who have diabetes or in persons with weakened immune systems.

    365

    This is because the consumer will often be ill and weakened when they use the product.

    366

    This is because the immune system will constantly be triggered to counteract the offending food substance, and gradually an individual's immune response will be weakened.

    367

    This is why many of the treatments designed specifically for black hair target hair loss issues caused by weakened or damaged hair.

    368

    This level of PEM is characterized by a weakened grip and inability to perform high-energy tasks.

    369

    This treacherous decision (but see Caliphate, ib.) greatly injured the cause of Ali, which was still further weakened by the loss of Egypt.

    370

    Though the political weight of the Society continued to increase in the cabinets of Europe, it was being steadily weakened internally.

    371

    Though Timotheus held his ground the confederacy was undoubtedly weakened.

    372

    Thus further weakened, he felt more than ever that he had only his own kin to rely upon, and his thoughts were ever turned on family aggrandizement.

    373

    Thus no result of permanent importance flowed from these Persian wars, except that they greatly weakened the Roman Empire, increased Justinian's financial embarrassments, and prevented him from prosecuting with sufficient vigour his enterprises in the West.

    374

    Thus the concept of a national patrimony is considerably weakened.

    375

    Thus the confederation of Bar, and the Turkish War thereupon ensuing, took him completely by surprise and considerably weakened his position.

    376

    Thus the Protestant cause was weakened just when.

    377

    Thus with every creation of a craft fraternity the gild merchant was weakened and its sphere of activity was diminished, though the new bodies were subsidiary to the older and larger fraternity.

    378

    Together, then, with the necessary multiplication of specialism, one of the chief lessons of the latter moiety of the 19th century was the unity of medicine in all its branches - a unity strengthened rather than weakened by special researches, such as those into "medical" and "surgical" pathology, which are daily making more manifest the absurdity of the distinction.

    379

    Unfortunately the fruits of his diligence and foresight were dissipated by the follies of his two immediate successors, Emerich (1196-1204) and Andrew II., who weakened the Ar royal power in attempting to win support by lavish grants of the crown domains on the already over-influential magnates, a policy from which dates the supremacy of the semi-savage Magyar oligarchs, that insolent and self-seeking class which would obey no superior and trampled ruthlessly on every inferior.

    380

    Vaccine-A substance prepared from a weakened or killed microorganism which, when injected, helps the body to form antibodies that will prevent infection by the natural microorganism.

    381

    Vaccines are medicines that contain weakened or dead bacteria or viruses.

    382

    Vaccines contain antigens (weakened or dead viruses, bacteria, and fungi that cause disease and infection).

    383

    Varivax is a live, attenuated (weakened) virus vaccine.

    384

    Vintage fabric and thread will have weakened over the decades and does not hold up long to the pressures of modern life.

    385

    War, declared before England had gained the naval experience and wealth of the next fifteen years, and before Spain had been weakened by the struggle in the Netherlands and the depredations of the sea-rovers, would have been a desperate expedient; and the ideas that any action on Elizabeth's part could have made France Huguenot, or prevented the disruption of the Netherlands, may be dismissed as the idle dreams of Protestant enthusiasts.

    386

    We will be left with a severely weakened squad.

    387

    Weakened already, she struggled for her balance.

    388

    Weakened by dysentery, Ransome returned to Britain in October, and as a result missed the Bolshevik insurrection four weeks later.

    389

    Weakened by the death of Cardinal dAmboise, his best counsellor, Louis XII.

    390

    Weakened by the defection of two of its more important members, the government had little chance of obtaining the acceptance of its scheme.

    391

    Weakened through years of underfunding, the Welfare State faced the prospect of outright abolition.

    392

    Weakened viruses for vaccines are grown in cell cultures.

    393

    Weakened, leaky capillaries draining under the eyes makes them look swollen and puffy.

    394

    When the power of the emperor was weakened, and the idea of a universal ruler was gone, a new test of sovereignty was applied - that of external independence; the true sovereign states were universitates superiorem non recognoscentes.

    395

    When they occur, the very young, the very old, and those with weakened immune systems are subject to the most severe and life-threatening cases.

    396

    Which have associated a weakened cartel at the interview annually for standard coverage.

    397

    While abroad the great vassals of the crown generally held their property in compact blocks, in England their power was weakened by the dispersion of their lands.

    398

    While Sir John Macdonald's administration was supported in Nova Scotia, it was weakened in Ontario on account of the clemency shown to Riel, and in Quebec by the refusal to grant a general amnesty to all who had taken part in the rebellion.

    399

    With modern models, craftsmanship is weakened in order to bring the price down.

    400

    With the decay of the Seleucid power, weakened by Rome and Parthia, the old influx from the desert would recommence, and an Arabic element begin to show.

    401

    With their adversaries gone and their powers weakened, the gods feared lowing their own lives.

    402

    With weakness of the voluntary muscles went intermittent spasms which weakened the patient and ultimately led to death by implication of the respiratory muscles.

    403

    Worn out by continuous fighting and weakened by dropsy, Heraclius failed to show sufficient energy against the new peril that menaced his eastern provinces towards the end of his reign.

    404

    Your immune system is weakened making you more susceptible to catching colds, the flu and other communicable diseases.