wuss

Example Sentences

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Now, back to the jokes: What a wuss.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2024

My girlfriend, Rachel, who is not a food wuss like me, unhesitatingly and hopefully tried the stuff.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2021

Its chief weakness is its third-generation claimant to the John Shaft legacy who, not to put too fine a point on it, is a wuss.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2019

I admitted myself indeed a wuss, as the last set was not scheduled to start until sunrise, and jumped on my bike.

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2017

JonPaul plays football, basketball and baseball and is roughly the size of a half-ton Chevy pickup, but he’s a total wuss about his health.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen