4 sentences with “weakening”

For this physician, disease was caused by a weakening of blood flow caused by misalignment of the spine.

The Romans continued to lose to Hannibal, but were very successful in preventing Hannibal from receiving reinforcements from Spain and Africa, slowly but steadily weakening his forces.

In the end, the Crusaders established a Latin Christian government that lasted some fifty years, completely ignoring their original goal of sailing to the Holy Land. The only lasting effect of the Fourth Crusade was the weakening of Byzantium against Turkish invaders in the future.

Throughout the last three decades of the 20th century, Germany has been the most important source of secret technology diversions, not only to the Middle East, but also to the Soviet Union and its allies. Although Germany appeared to join US-led efforts to control cutting-edge technology, time and again it violated and contributed to the weakening of that control.