wimp
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Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
He reacted and Scarlett "jokingly" called him a wimp, Ms Hall says.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
And I’m quite happy I didn’t escalate to a two star, as I am a spice wimp.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
“When I started,” she said, “they wanted my things completely wimp feminine, and the gallery wanted to push that and I just wanted to throw up.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Colin didn't answer, but he was thinking that Lindsey Lee Wells, for all her coolness and whatever, was a bit of a wimp.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
The kind of ace who harks back to a time when “bullpen days” didn’t exist, relieving was for wimps and starters were expected to serve as their own closers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Quoting the investor Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street, she said "lunch is for wimps".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
Davis was so powerful he even stymied a crowd that wore “Gold Blooded” T-shirts but acted more like wimps.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
Have Californians — once roundly ridiculed as weather wimps — already become jaded to atmospheric rivers and overconfident that they can handle the hazards?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
They had lived through the pageant circuit, which was no place for wimps.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
