How to Use weak side in a Sentence

weak side

noun
  • In Saleh’s scheme, that often means aligning on the weak side.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 22 June 2018
  • Head coach Adam Gase loves to flex his tight ends out wide, all alone on the weak side.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Bolduc took them both on his weak side after Dach was kicked out of the circle.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Do the Buckeyes have another source of strength on the weak side?
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Crowder was in his wake with James rising from the weak side to challenge.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Partizan are a weak side, and a team of United's stature should be able to come away with a win.
    — SI.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The front four shades to the weak side of the offense with the strong-side linebacker often walking up to the line.
    — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Miller predominantly works off the weak side and Chubb off the strong side.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • And usually two guys go to him which leaves me open roving to the basket or a guy shooting on the weak side.
    — Tania Ganguli, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2019
  • But Adebayo rotated over from the weak side and stuffed Tatum at the rim with his left hand.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
  • At the last second, Adebayo slid over from the weak side and batted away Tatum’s take.
    — Christian Clark | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Kidd-Gilchrist blocked his shot on the weak side, and Kansas turned the ball over seconds later.
    — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
  • This La Nina, however, is forecast to be on the weak side as well as short-lived.
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Third-year player Tyus Bowser is more of a strong-side player than rusher from the weak side.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Queen still leads the team in tackles with 47, but has only recorded 13 playing on the weak side.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • For me, writing lyrics is a process of having conversations with myself, and my weak side also comes out along the way.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But isolateral work, which addresses one side of the body at a time, prevents your strong side from aiding the weak side.
    — Sara Angle, Outside Online, 19 June 2018
  • Villa may struggle against Traore, with Hutton likely to be shown down the line on his weaker side.
    — SI.com, 10 May 2018
  • Robertson is the top backup on the weak side, but perhaps Davis can handle that role if injuries start to impact the group.
    — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 30 May 2018
  • Phillips, the third round pick out of LSU, had a nice camp and filled in for Wilson at times on the weak side.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2020
  • This El Nino episode began in February and was on the weaker side.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Safety Xavier Woods blitzed on the weak side of the formation, all but removing him from the equation.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Marshall lined up as the weak side linebacker in the Raiders’ base defense in camp and was the first linebacker off the field in the nickel package.
    — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Lee opened the season at strong side linebacker but switched to the weak side when Leighton Vander Esch went down to injury.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2020
  • Okeke later came from the weak side to block a Curry layup attempt, then sank a 3 on the ensuing possession.
    — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • This season, Davis said, the plan is to move Jones to the weak side while Devon Kennard plays the strong side.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • That would have put Mexico in the weaker side of the bracket against Switzerland instead of in the tougher side against Brazil.
    — Grant Wahl, SI.com, 2 July 2018
  • Oubre began to study how Jrue Holiday fought through screens and Avery Bradley helped teammates on the weak side.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Slade-Matautia moved from middle linebacker to the weak side last season, a subtle change on the inside at the second level of the defense.
    — oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Also out was weak side linebacker Monty Montgomery, who is second on the team with 32 tackles and leads the team in sacks.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2020

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