namby-pamby

Example Sentences

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Lord Bird admits it can sound "namby pamby" and "vague" but he insists his version of the bill, which is being co-sponsored by Green MP Caroline Lucas, will have "more teeth".

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2021

With the broader meaning of “sentimentally insipid”, namby pamby has proved useful ever since.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016

The Justice and Treasury departments have outlined ways for banks to deal with the industry, but the judge said they offered little guidance and called their memos "namby pamby" and "nothing-burgers."

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2015

"Thanks, we will try a bit, and if it is very namby pamby we can run," said Geoff, catching sight of the name of the first chapter.

From Spinning-Wheel Stories by Alcott, Louisa May

Our very sports are becoming namby pamby as those of the Bengalese, the element of danger which gave zest to them in auld lang syne being all but eliminated.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper