wimpish

Example Sentences

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My favorite antihero is Teodoro, the wimpish clerk who becomes suddenly rich beyond the dreams of avarice in Eça de Queirós’s novella “The Mandarin.”

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2021

In fact, I was rather wimpish, burst into tears and rushed out of his office.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2017

“She has identified a number of causes that are not traditionally Conservative, that in the Thatcher days would have been seen as ‘wet’ and wimpish.

From Time • Oct. 5, 2016

It's tempting to trace the evolution back to the mid-70s, when Woody Allen patented a new movie hero model: the wimpish intellectual who gets the girl.

From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2010

George Bush was seen as awkward, wimpish, maladroit.

From Time Magazine Archive