simpering
Example Sentences
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Geoffrey’s simpering, emotional stuntedness may make it difficult for, say, the village’s priest or barkeep to see much of themselves in him.
From The Verge • May 9, 2022
Davies was a gifted comedienne whose career was, if anything, hampered by her lover-producer’s insistence that she play only the simpering heroines of historical melodramas.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2020
But while characters like David Copperfield’s simpering first wife, Dora, may fulfil this stereotype, there are also radical departures.
From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2020
Michael Urie puts the character of Bud Frump, the boss’s simpering nephew, in a joyful comic headlock, and John Michael Higgins is a suitably button-down J.B.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2018
Cain knew who she was; all of her simpering and pretending and holding back had been for nothing.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
