In the midst of the uncertainty over the outcome of the Conference two important events took place in France, the second of which came near seriously weakening the French position.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
So had the range gossip, sown by chance in the soil of his greed of gain and his weakening moral fiber, borne fruit.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
Yet he was conscious that his will was weakening; that he did not mean to go down to the steamer just yet.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton