meekness

Example Sentences

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That’s what makes McBride singularly compelling in playing her – she’s constantly holding Carol’s danger and determination under a gossamer veil of meekness.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2024

“He had a gift of meekness but also a gift of power at the same time,” his mother, Stacy, said in Ryan Lavner’s pre-Masters profile of Bennett for the Golf Channel website.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

“Stonewalling” doesn’t sentimentalize or squeeze tears for Lynn, who, for all her meekness, naivete and often-foolish decisions, is tough enough to have long ago waived her right to self-pity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

John Paul was known as "The Smiling Pope" because of his meekness and simplicity.

From Reuters • Sep. 4, 2022

The meekness of the wire hangers, with their twisted throats and bent heads — they waited too patiently, too neatly, every one a spinster.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen