Walter Mitty
Example Sentences
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Carell: My instinct was to not make Greg a nebbish, because I didn’t want it to be Walter Mitty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
“Snoopy, for example, is said to be an ‘extrovert beagle with a Walter Mitty complex.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
“The problem is he was a Walter Mitty character that was having an impact in the real world.”
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
In short, “Toes” is a Walter Mitty story — a shaggy-dog tale about a man whose wild daydreams are at once a coping strategy and a revelation of his character.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2022
“To aging Walter Mitty types like myself, Dick Bass was an inspiration,” Seaborn Beck Weathers explained in a thick East Texas twang during the trek to Everest Base Camp last April.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
