waspy

Example Sentences

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I go with one of the young English upstarts and choose a slightly exaggerated, magnificently tailored suit that emphasizes my new, waspy figure.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Soon the airplanes came, adding their waspy buzz to the music.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

At others they are vividly white; to a certain extent this banded condition recalls the waspy coloration.

From Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects by Saunders, Edward

"Can it be possible that you, a man worth millions of piasters, an exalted ruler, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, have deliberately chosen this waspy, weedy——" "Let up!" said Mr. Pike sharply.

From The Slim Princess by Ade, George

Well, I feel about it a good deal like that big, burly, good-natured canal laborer who had a little waspy bit of a wife, in the habit of beating him.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn