milquetoast
Example Sentences
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In today’s information-saturated environment, Rosales said, the race and its roster of “extremely milquetoast candidates” didn’t break through to voters until scandal erupted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The 85-year-old label, tagged by the Observer as once being “synonymous with a particularly milquetoast suburban sensibility,” today posts fast-growing sales among famously fickle Gen Z shoppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
But whipping the votes for a nominee as milquetoast as Mangi, a BigLaw partner who’d practiced at the same New York City firm for nearly 25 years, should not have been especially difficult.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2025
Sen. Maria Cantwell, had a similarly milquetoast response to the verdict, reciting it as a faraway thing that had just happened.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Maybe if Congress were run by a serious comic rather than a milquetoast politician, we might do better.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2023
