mousiness

Example Sentences

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The granddaughter of a traumatized mouse may still carry a certain characteristic, but her fundamental mousiness isn’t a result of such highly specific ancestral experiences, which operate in the narrowest crevices of evolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Her attention-grabbing performance only calls attention to Thompson’s mousiness.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021

He helps her overcome her innate mousiness, for instance, and she helps him transition from staring mournfully through bits of glass to staring mournfully near bits of glass.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2014

I'm not suggesting comedy can only spring from conflict, but it's hard to see how you can wrest many gags from such collective mousiness.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2013

Bebe Neuwirth is a taut and tangy showstopper as Roxie's jailhouse rival; Joel Grey makes mousiness memorable as Roxie's husband; and James Naughton is commanding and funny as her lawyer.

From Time Magazine Archive