namby-pamby

Example Sentences

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She gives every impression she might regard that nickname as a bit wishy-washy, a bit namby-pamby.

From BBC

The tackle was brilliant and set the tone for a proper game of football and not this namby-pamby interpretation of what modernists think the game should be.

From BBC

One that emphasizes the physical over namby-pamby paper-pushing, and speaks to old stereotypes of virility, strength and machismo.

From New York Times

His clothes, which thumb their nose at irony in favor of the blandly glamorous, have always been a little too namby-pamby Hollywood for the Wes Anderson affinity set.

From New York Times

You don’t do infrared reconnaissance and maintain a civilian arsenal in some namby-pamby tree house.

From Literature