simper
Example Sentences
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Yet Cruz is nothing to those voters but another simpering pledge who grits his teeth into a fake smile and says to Trump: Thank you, sir — may I have another?
From Washington Post
Trump makes a lot of noise, but at heart, the man is a simpering coward and incompetent to boot, as his business record and pandemic management shows.
From Salon
Want to see a bunch of ostensible teens dressed in lingerie simpering their way through “All That Jazz” or “Maybe This Time”? Wilkommen.
From New York Times
Collectively, they constitute a foil against the persistent myth that Muslim women are simpering sorts awaiting rescue.
From New York Times
Karla: Not to be a simpering semanticist, but if management is content to pay your colleague to convert surplus oxygen to CO2, then she can hardly be accused of stealing her own wages.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
