effete

Example Sentences

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Mostly that has meant pretending to be a Real American by riding horses, going hunting or driving around in a pick-up to prove they aren’t some effete city slicker.

From Salon

“I’ll go after him for being ‘this effete knower of arcane knowledge, who knows little tidbits that no one would care about.’

From Los Angeles Times

Funny, frail, effete, Bettany’s Warhol is as meticulously impersonal as his art, and my goodness he whines.

From New York Times

The network was widely perceived as stuffy and effete.

From Washington Post

They dive into the players’ sensibilities and seem to understand that being weird, effete or ambivalent might be part of these athletes’ power.

From New York Times