meek
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These are from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus blesses the poor, the meek and the peacemakers, and then calls on his followers to turn the other cheek and love their enemies.
From Salon β Jul. 1, 2026
As imagined by director Travis Knight—best known for another toys-to-screen saga, 2018’s “Transformers” sequel “Bumblebee”—and a battalion of screenwriters, the new He-Man, lost prince from the planet Eternia, is a meek cubicle dweller named Adam.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 4, 2026
A pope’s main role is to bear witness to the words of Christ, who said far more about taking care of the meek and turning the other cheek than he did about waging war.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 10, 2026
However, the toxicity amongst the fanbase and the meek performances on the pitch meant the club had no option but to act.
From BBC β Feb. 11, 2026
María always started extra meek when she was really upset about something.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel JosΓ© Older
First, riverbank lupine snuck into the garden on a mislabeled seed package, swamping meeker plants.
From Seattle Times β May 9, 2023
After Jane Cleveland’s husband is installed as vicar in a village church, Jane is introduced to a Miss Doggett, a robust woman who bosses around the meeker parishioners.
From Washington Post β Jun. 14, 2022
But the evening quickly becomes awkward, as the incorrigible alpha male Lucas teases and pokes at the meeker Adam, making unreasonable demands on him and Eva until Adam finally breaks and spills some embarrassing secrets.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 31, 2022
Ron is a gigantic goof who either doesn't read body language well or ignores it entirely, overpowering the smaller, meeker Marcus with his gigantic personality and boundless acts of kindness.
From Salon β Aug. 28, 2021
The blowing dingles soak with light, The purple coppice hang with blaze; But where we stand a meeker white Bloom on us thro' the hill's soft haze, For Oriana stars the night!
From Blooms of the Berry by Madison J. Cawein
The 2020 high school football season has ended in West Virginia with the meekest of whimpers.
From Washington Times β Dec. 2, 2020
I witnessed her open her eyes and says in the meekest whisper of a voice: “I want to get off this merry-go-round. I want to go home.”
From Slate β Apr. 6, 2020
The lead Heather is fat-positive, the henchman is genderqueer, and the meekest member is a black lesbian.
From Salon β Mar. 21, 2019
Jack appears in just one photograph, in which his son has captured him at his meekest.
From New York Times β Jan. 16, 2018
It had long seemed a curious contradiction to Palmer, that among the three kids rollicking on the field, Henry was the tallest yet also the meekest.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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