meekness

Example Sentences

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That’s what makes McBride singularly compelling in playing her – she’s constantly holding Carol’s danger and determination under a gossamer veil of meekness.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2024

Even musical theater titans like Rodgers and Berlin succumbed to harmonic meekness and rhythmic sclerosis as they approached their 70s.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

John Paul was known as "The Smiling Pope" because of his meekness and simplicity.

From Reuters • Sep. 4, 2022

An abdominal muscle did the threatening this time, and by the second set it clearly sapped some caliber from his backhand and his serve, the latter often laced with uncharacteristic meekness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022

By day, my grandmother expertly managed a thriving Bible bookstore on the Far South Side, but in her off-hours with Dandy she was reduced to a meekness I found perplexing, even as a young girl.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama