The principal force for peace in the world, the United States and other democratic nations, were perceived as gravely weakened.

That gravely weakened the pension fund, but a roaring stock market concealed the problem.

Look, we're dealing with a perfectly sound and strong young man, who at this moment happens to be gravely weakened by circumstances strictly temporary.

Although the strike was gravely weakened by martial law and economic pressure, union leaders made it clear that it would continue.

A gravely weakened Iraq would be prey to separatists and neighbors alike.

The loss in horses gravely weakened Wood's mounted capability.

The Tajikistani economy has been gravely weakened by six years of civil conflict and loss of markets for its products.

Despite very serious wounds that left him gravely weakened, Herring took the helm, rallied his men, and kept the ship in action.

The revolution in Epirus, which substituted a republican league for the monarchy, gravely weakened his position.

The liberal political forces in Greece were gravely weakened by internal disputes and suffered electoral defeat from the conservatives.