The failures of urban liberalism weaken the entire party as it gets ready to take on the increasingly vulnerable Republicans.

But the failure to call a public inquiry, critics say, weakens the government position.

The ultimate failure of the Confederacy to gain foreign recognition further weakened its prospects.

The expedition's failure weakened the Umayyad state.

The bishops' failure to do so, Burke said, "is weakening the faith of everyone.

Any failure would weaken political positions.

A failure by the board to make such a report would considerably weaken the agency and the global nonproliferation regime.

This failure weakened the uprising and strengthened the colonial regime.

The failure to involve the other protagonists weakens the pressure on Saddam Hussein.

The resulting failure will weaken American security.