mousy

Example Sentences

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Vasan's halting, mousy demeanor complements the rest of the band's swagger, and watching her release her inhibitions through her guitar strings is a show all its own.

From Salon

McDonald, tamping down her inner diva, gives a winning performance as the mousy and insecure but resolute Rachel.

From New York Times

Frustratingly "Moxie" merely plays at rioting by placing Robinson's mousy Vivian in the invisible heroine role and only granting her a semblance of psychological range.

From Salon

So she in fact has four wigs — when she started out, as a pudding face, she had a mousy look at the beginning and then gradually it got more flamboyant and windswept and windblown.

From New York Times

And as things turned out, it looks like the mousy little man from Missouri is in for a longer shelf life.

From The Guardian